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What does it cost the planet to manufacture a single chip? Pick a chip below and see the water, energy, and emissions behind every transistor — every number backed by a cited source.

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300mm wafer

648 candidate dies · yield 75%

Apple A18 Pro

Apple (manufactured by TSMC)

N3E105 mm² die~87 masks1088 process steps486 good dies/wafer75% yield

N3E is TSMC's second-generation 3nm process — slightly relaxed vs N3B but with better yield. Heavy EUV usage (~18 critical layers). A18 Pro is a monolithic SoC packaged using InFO-PoP with DRAM stacked on top (DRAM package not counted in this footprint).

Water
12.4L

= 25 bottles of water (500 mL)

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Energy
3.9kWh

= 2.6 hours of running an AC

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GHG Emissions
2.8kg CO₂e

= 13.3 km of driving a car

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F-gas / PFAS
1.2kg CO₂e

= 5.5 km of driving a car

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Process Breakdown (per die)
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