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Intel is trucking a 916,000-pound 'Super Load' across Ohio to its new fab, spawning road closures over nine days (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by ptz@dubvee.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Intel's 916,000-pound shipment is a "cold box," a self-standing air-processor structure that facilitates the cryogenic technology needed to fabricate semiconductors. The box is 23 feet tall, 20 feet wide, and 280 feet long, nearly the length of a football field. The immense scale of the cold box necessitates a transit process that moves at a "parade pace" of 5-10 miles per hour. Intel is taking over southern Ohio's roads for the next several weeks and months as it builds its new Ohio One Campus, a $28 billion project to create a 1,000-acre campus with two chip factories and room for more. Calling it the new "Silicon Heartland," the project will be the first leading-edge semiconductor fab in the American Midwest, and once operational, will get to work on the "Angstrom era" of Intel processes, 20A and beyond.

I don't know why, but I've never thought of the transport logistics involved in building a semiconductor fabrication plant.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That said, the Zeppelin NT has, as far as I know, a perfect flight record.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin_NT

We've made a lot of advances since the early 20th century, believe it or not. I don't think using semirigid airships as both cargo transports and "satellites" needed for temporary communications purposes over a large area such as a disaster zone where cell communication has been lost would be out of the question now.

[–] You999@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The biggest advancement they made was making it smaller. Zeppelin NTs are a fraction of the size of what Ferdinand von Zeppelin was designing in his day. Because of their smaller and the switch to helium Zeppelin NTs has a miniscule payload capacity at 4200 pounds. To put that into perspective that's the same payload capacity as a Ford F250. Even with their reduced surface area and modern flight controllers controllers the Zeppelin NTs still haven't solved the weather issue as they are restricted from flying in winds greater than 22MPH and when VFR is not available.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because of their smaller and the switch to helium Zeppelin NTs has a miniscule payload capacity at 4200 pounds. To put that into perspective that's the same payload capacity as a Ford F250.

And that's only the bed capacity. An F250 can tow over 20,000 lbs depending on the trailer design. Most trucks and SUVs can tow >4200lbs.

[–] You999@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Towing capacity isn't really apples to apples which is why I used payload capacity which is more directly comparable. Don't get me wrong though I'd love to see an airship towing a trailer.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're comparing a pickup truck to a zeppelin, there's no way to make that apples to apples. If someone needs to move something big with a truck they're probably going to tow it, not try to load it into the bed.

[–] You999@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I am comparing payload weights because it's directly comparable between all vehicles. I am not sure if you understand payload weight fully. This is the rating for everything you put in the vehicle (airship or not) and includes everything from people to the trailers tounge if you are towing. Just because your truck can tow 20Klb does not mean you can exceed the payload capacity. A lot of first time RV buyers learn this the hard way when they buy a 10Klb trailer to tow with their 2018 F150 only to find out there isn't even enough payload capacity left over for the driver because the tounge weight is 1000lb. Air ships (and aircraft for that matter) use the same payload capacity calculations where again anything put inside the vehicle counts towards the payload including people. This is why we can directly compare the two vehicles payload capacity.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is why we can directly compare the two vehicles payload capacity.

No, comparing a zeppelin with a pickup will never be a direct comparison.

[–] You999@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How are the payload weights between pickup trucks and Zeppelins different then?

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago

They are fundamentally different types of vehicles. But putting that aside, if you want to compare the largest payload that each vehicle can transport you wouldn't just use the pickup truck's GVWR, you would also include it's towing capacity. There's a reason 90% of the time people use a pickup to haul something, they're towing.