It takes about 6,000 liters or 1,600 gallons of city water to create 3,800 liters or 1,000 gallons of ultrapure water. And a single 200-mm or 8-inch wafer can use over 5,600 liters or 2,000 gallons of ultrapure water.
Thailand - Hard Disk Drives (and don't be thinking SSDs has made them obsolete!)
lmfao. this is why you dont depend on putting your eggs in ONE basket. idiots...
The entire semiconductor industry is riddled with very large baskets
Neon - Over 50% of the world's neon is produced in Ukraine
Silicon Wafers - Japan
Droughts in Taiwan - so let's build fabs in Arizona
Thailand - Hard Disk Drives (and don't be thinking SSDs has made them obsolete!)