I have been creating a database of 1400 CPUs, so I can look at the evolution of CPUs over time. I decided to try and calculate the cost of producing CPUs as well. It is pretty crude, but if anyone wants to know how much it cost to produce the CPU for their notebook, check out my big spreadsheet:
http://www.ciber-runa.net/guide/cpus.xls (excel format)
http://www.ciber-runa.net/guide/cpus.ods (OpenDocument format)
I have only calculated production costs for recent chips, but I thought that many people might find it interesting to see how much their Pentium or Athlon cost to produce. I have written a document to explain how I calculated the chip costs at:
http://www.ciber-runa.net/guide/ChipCosts.pdf
If you have suggestions for improving my calculations, please comment in this forum or email me. Thanks.
I'm doing all of this to calculate which chip is more environmental to buy, since the cost is a rough indication of the natural resources, chemicals, water, and energy that go into creating a silicon chip. Labor is only a minor cost of the average CPU. After calculating production costs, I concluded that it is more environmental to buy: Pentium M rather than Turion,
Celeron rather than Sempron,
Athlon rather than Pentium, and
Opteron rather than Xeon.
If you need green tips for buying computers, I suggest readng my:
Activist Guide to Reform the Computer Industry and minimize the environmental and social impact of the industry.
http://www.ciber-runa.net/guide/Bett...ivistGuide.pdf
http://www.ciber-runa.net/guide/cpus.xls (excel format)
http://www.ciber-runa.net/guide/cpus.ods (OpenDocument format)
I have only calculated production costs for recent chips, but I thought that many people might find it interesting to see how much their Pentium or Athlon cost to produce. I have written a document to explain how I calculated the chip costs at:
http://www.ciber-runa.net/guide/ChipCosts.pdf
If you have suggestions for improving my calculations, please comment in this forum or email me. Thanks.
I'm doing all of this to calculate which chip is more environmental to buy, since the cost is a rough indication of the natural resources, chemicals, water, and energy that go into creating a silicon chip. Labor is only a minor cost of the average CPU. After calculating production costs, I concluded that it is more environmental to buy: Pentium M rather than Turion,
Celeron rather than Sempron,
Athlon rather than Pentium, and
Opteron rather than Xeon.
If you need green tips for buying computers, I suggest readng my:
Activist Guide to Reform the Computer Industry and minimize the environmental and social impact of the industry.
http://www.ciber-runa.net/guide/Bett...ivistGuide.pdf
