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Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration and Semiconductors

Semiconductors depends on heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration.

Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration (energy) and Semiconductors (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 5 of 5 · Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration → Semiconductors

3 of the enterprise types in Semiconductors depend on heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration; for the most dependent, it rates 5 out of 5 on criticality.

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

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Contract foundries: cleanroom air conditioning is a large share of fab load (criticality 5 of 5)
  • Integrated device makers and memory makers: cleanroom cooling (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Outsourced assembly and test (OSAT) firms: climate control (criticality 3 of 5)

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