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A manufacturing plant that makes semiconductor devices. Many chips are created by "fabless" companies that take their tested designs to a fab for production. Examples of fabs are Intel, Samsung,...
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Definition: fab
A manufacturing plant that makes semiconductor devices. Many chips are created by "fabless" companies that take their tested designs to a fab for production. Examples of fabs are Intel, Samsung, Renesas (Hitachi-Mitsubishi merger), Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Infineon, STMicroelectronics, NEC, Freescale and Philips.
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No word on made-in-Asia 32nm Intel chips
Intel said it would manufacture 32-nanometer chips in the U.S. but it is not clear if the chipmaker has plans to invest in similar capabilities in Asia.
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Intel's fab flexing may pay off big amid capacity shortages
Qualcomm and Nvidia need more supply from their manufacturing partners. Intel's bet on integrated manufacturing and design could become a huge advantage.
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Facebook launches Action Links for Timeline apps
Facebook has launched Action Links for the Open Graph apps available for Facebook Timeline. The customizable links tie one action to another and are part of the stories that appear on the service.
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Fab time to get rid of your old mobile phone
Sprint will amp up its mobile phone recycling efforts next week through the National Cell Phone Recycling campaign, run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The carrier's goal is to...
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No word on made-in-Asia 32nm Intel chips
Intel said it would manufacture 32-nanometer chips in the U.S. but it is not clear if the chipmaker has plans to invest in similar capabilities in Asia.
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Pre-fab solar
Over at CNETnews.com Martin LaMonica's built a picture gallery of a modular solar home. He went through the first of the modular solar housing projects being built by Powerhouse Enterprises, a...
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If AMD gets out of the fab business, the future's going to be a lot gloomier
It's been a really rough year for AMD. Losing market share to Intel is bad enough, but doing so at a time when the company took on $2 billion of debt and lost $1.2 billion over a six month period...
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Photos: Inside AMD's German fab
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Photos: Inside AMD's German fab
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AMD's new fab slated for Germany
Advanced Micro Devices plans to announce later this week that it will build its next chip fabrication facility near Dresden, Germany, according to sources.
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AMD plans for more chips, fab
At its analysts' meeting, the chipmaker details its strategy for the PC and cell phone markets. CEO Hector Ruiz says the company could once again return to profitability.
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TMSC gets fab toehold in China
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) gained approval this week from the Taiwanese government to start investing in a fabrication facility in mainland China, becoming the first...
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Intel's Fab 11x means bigger, better chips
The additional factory space, combined with an increased output, will help the company pursue its strategy of producing a wider variety of products.
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Intel outlines fab plans for new chips
Intel is approaching a new era in the production of its communication chips and microprocessors, putting manufacturing processes inside the same fabrication plants.
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AMD converts Texas fab to flash production
Advanced Micro Devices has begun producing flash memory at its Austin, Texas-based Fab 25 manufacturing plant. AMD has been working to convert the plant from manufacturing PC processors such...
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AMD plans $4 billion fab
The chipmaker plans to build Fab 35, a plant to process chips from 300-millimeter wafers. Anyone interested in subletting?
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Intel building $2B fab
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) is getting more fab. The Santa Clara, Calif., company today announced it will begin construction soon on a new processor fabrication plant, dubbed Fab 22, in Chandler, Ariz....
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AMD eyes 1,000MHz chips with new fab
The battle against Intel escalates Wednesday when AMD dedicates Fab 30: The birthplace of powerful new processors to take on Pentium and beyond.
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