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1 a factory for making advanced electronic products, for example silicon chips: --
two major semiconductor fabs
2 a factory for making advanced electronic products, for example microprocessors: --
He works at Intel's research and development fab in Hillsboro.
Semiconductor fabrication plants (also known as "fabs") are defined by the diameter of wafers that they are tooled to produce.
This is the first known closure of an operating 300 mm production fab.
The company owned five 8 inch (200 mm) wafer fabs and one 12 inch (300 mm) wafer fab in 2006.
A typical application is monitoring of ultrapure water in semiconductor fabs.
In the 1970s, what has become to be known as the fab five were published.
Many merchant foundries have entered into joint ventures with their competitors in an effort to split research and design expenditures and fab-maintenance expenses.
The fab tests the chips on the wafer with an electronic tester that presses tiny probes against the chip.
However, for companies with more limited product lines, it's often best to either rent out the fab, or close it entirely.
