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Electrical equipment and Silicon

Electrical equipment depends on silicon.

Electrical equipment (industry) and Silicon (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 5 of 5 · Silicon → Electrical equipment

2 of the enterprise types in Electrical equipment depend on silicon; for the most dependent, it rates 5 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 2 enterprise types depend on it
  • 5 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Electrical steel (CRGO and CRNO) producers: about 3% alloy content (criticality 5 of 5)
  • Power semiconductor and electronic component suppliers: wafers (criticality 4 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.