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Re:Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan by sitkack on Monday October 11, 2021 @11:47PM (#28835840)
Given how bad a power fault is on a fab, chemical processes that can't be interrupted and air filtration and pressure systems, I'd put a redundant Tesla battery as the UPS to a fab, anywhere.
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Re:Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan by liketochill on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @12:14AM (#28835963)
I would install large diesel generators well before anything from tesla if I wanted a reliable power supply
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Re:Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan by sitkack on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @12:29AM (#28836065)
Generators would have to kick on and over, with a battery backup it could be pass through. Tesla was used as a representative example.
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Re:Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan by ReptileMan on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:35AM (#28836430)
Actually any decent backup system uses combination of both ...
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Re:Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan by liketochill on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:44AM (#28836472)
Run on generator the whole time if you have an unreliable power system like India.
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