During construction of the new 1.3 million-square-foot chip-making plant, which starts pro duction this month, residents and activists complained that the company's expanding thirst would be too great a drain on local supplies. After weeks of public hearings, the state of New Mexico last year granted Intel 72% of the water it requested.
The strife at Rio Rancho is the most intense the industry has faced."I think it sensitized us," says Howard High, spokesman for Intel. "We have a lot of efforts under way to try and minimize the amount of water we use." Current conservation efforts may not work for an industry that in North America is expected to double in size to $ 75 billion in sales in the next three years.
The trend is to reuse treated wastewater from chip cleaning in places such as cooling towers and air-conditioning systems. Motorola employs such methods in Phoenix and Austin. Recycling water for chip cleaning is the most logical approach. But the technology to make ultra-pure water for such a closed-loop system is still too costly.
New technologies could eventually take the water out of chip cleaning. One company, Radiance Services, a six-person start-up based in Bethesda, Maryland, holds patents for a new "dry cleaning" method.Using laser light and inert gas (惰性气体) to lift impurities (杂质,不洁物) from surfaces of a chip, Radiance claims its process can clean as effectively as the current water- based methods.
What is the main subject of this passage?
A.Chipmakers face a water problem.
B.Intel causes pollution to environment.
C.Shortage of water resources in Information Age.
D.Intel's new technology of saving water.
第1题
根据《中共中央关于在全党深入开展党的群众路线教育实践活动的意见》(中发〔2013〕4号)精神,湖北省委决定,从2013年下半年开始,在全省深入开展以()为主要内容的党的群众路线教育实践活动。
A.“为民务实清廉”
B.“廉洁自律”
C.“密切联系群众”
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