Environmental and Economic Impact of I/O Device Obsolescence

TL;DR

This paper examines how technological obsolescence of I/O devices leads to e-waste, analyzing its environmental and economic impacts due to hardware becoming unusable with new software or hardware generations.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of I/O device obsolescence and its implications for e-waste, highlighting the economic and environmental consequences.

Findings

Significant proportion of I/O devices become obsolete over time.

Obsolescence contributes notably to e-waste and environmental degradation.

Economic costs associated with device replacement and disposal.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the proportion of Input/output devices made obsolete by changes in technology generations. This obsolescence may be by new software/hardware generations rendering otherwise functional devices unusable. Concluding with brief analysis on the economic and environmental impacts of the e-waste produced.