fab
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- noun
- /fæb/
- Jargon
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fábrica de semiconductores
- The new semiconductor fab employs advanced technology to produce high-performance chips.
And but now you know, when's the last fab that was built in the valley?
- And but now you know, when's the last fab that was built in the valley?
- That is facilities where you make chips, fabs, they call them.
- But Intel could be bankrupt in five years if their, their investment into new fabs fails.
- The US with its CHIPS act to build chip fabs which once again require a lot of power to run.
- And then we have a TSMC as the main fab in in Taiwan, which you know, geopolitically sensitive.
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So like all the other guys who own fabs, Micron, Samsung, they are keeping the best for themselves.
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Newport Wafer Fab runs Britain's largest chip making facility.
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So we went through the fab, had them screen hundreds, thousands of parts.
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This is a big deal because Moore's Law of fab costs matters a lot.
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The first phase of Intel's D1X fab was in the early stages of construction last year.
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Zhao Sheng has also worked with the Chinese fab HLMC.
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Investing in a state-of-the-art fab is crucial for staying competitive in the electronics market.
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Many companies are establishing their own fabs to ensure a steady supply of microchips.
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Etymology
Fab for a factory comes from fabrication, a word with a root meaning 'to make', just like fabric is something 'made'. So a fab is a place that 'makes' microchips or electronic parts.