Eco-Efficient Solutions Reduce Energy, Costs

For 40 years, the basic tenet of Moore's Law to continuously reduce the transistor cost per function has been the major driving force of the semiconductor industry, allowing for unprecedented growth rates. Although this still holds true, today the semiconductor industry must also drive toward i...

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Published inSemiconductor International Vol. 31; no. 13; p. 42
Main Authors Neuber, Andreas, Sethia, Parth
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Newton Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc 01.12.2008
Subjects
Best practice
Carbon footprint
Chemicals
Cooling
Cost control
Efficiency
Electronics industry
Energy
Environmental impact
Fluorides
Manufacturing
Perfluorocarbons
Semiconductor research
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Water treatment
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Summary:For 40 years, the basic tenet of Moore's Law to continuously reduce the transistor cost per function has been the major driving force of the semiconductor industry, allowing for unprecedented growth rates. Although this still holds true, today the semiconductor industry must also drive toward improved sustainability, carbon footprint reduction, energy savings and resource conservation to meet requirements set by regulatory authorities and other stakeholders, and to accommodate the limited availability of resources. It is an increasingly difficult challenge to maintain sustainable growth of semiconductor manufacturing in many regions because several target parameters for "green manufacturing" need to be aligned. Often, the major challenge is to find practical solutions that offer the best compromise between the sustainability targets, which sometimes conflict with each other. Several environmental parameters must be considered to improve eco-efficiency, and what is equally important is to understand the interactions between the parameters. Figure 1 shows typical environmental parameters of concern. As illustrated, these parameters are interrelated, so when setting targets for one of them, it is important to evaluate the impact on the others.
ISSN:0163-3767