What is a fab?
| Informal term for a semiconductor fabrication facility or manufacturing plant. |
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| 2012-05-04 | TSMC demos 28nm 3.1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 chip TSMC said its 28nm HPM process node has been able to fab ARM Cortex A9 dual-core chip that runs at 3.1GHz. |
| 2012-04-30 | GlobalFoundries announces 3D chip stacking at 20nm At its Fab 8 campus, GlobalFoundries is installing a special set of semiconductor production tools to create through-silicon vias in 20nm node semiconductor wafers. |
| 2012-03-14 | Imec, Riber collaborate on III-V CMOS devices The aim of the partnership is to bring knowledge on gate stack passivation from a 200mm research environment to a 300mm fab. |
| 2012-03-06 | ST, Luxtera team on silicon photonics ST and Luxtera have teamed to develop solutions for silicon photonics components and systems using Luxtera's IP in ST's 300mm fab in Crolles, France. |
| 2012-02-17 | Tower bids for chip fab in India Tower bids for chip fab in India |
| 2012-02-13 | Imec develops 300mm fab-compatible DSA process line Imec develops 300mm fab-compatible DSA process line |
| 2012-02-08 | India wafer fab plans in the works India wafer fab plans in the works |
| 2011-12-13 | Experts call for national electronics strategy Industry experts called for creating lab-to-fab clusters to meet the need for fostering innovation and manufacturing in electronics sector in India. |
| 2011-10-05 | India beefs up electronics manufacturing The electronics policy draft aims to advance post-graduate education, promote electronics manufacturing and push the creation of ESDM fabs. |
| 2011-09-16 | India fab setup receives proposals India fab setup receives proposals |
| 2011-06-29 | Ad calls on investors for India fab setup Ad calls on investors for India fab setup |
| 2011-06-14 | Fujitsu resumes pre-quake production level Fujitsu achieves full recovery to pre-quake production levels at all of its five plants in the affected Tohoku region. |
| 2011-06-02 | India invites chip firms to build fabs A government-formed committee tasked to spearhead India's chip manufacturing efforts has formally invited semiconductor firms to set up wafer facilities in the sub-continent. |
| 2011-04-27 | India renews efforts to create chip manufacture industry The Indian government has formed a committee that will identify technology sources and potential investors for the wafer fab construction, and to propose the nature and size of government support. |
| 2011-04-27 | India plans Rs.22,000 crore fab construction India plans Rs.22,000 crore fab construction |
| 2011-04-18 | First supply scare, then foundry glut... First there was worry about the chip supply chain. Now, aggressive fab expansion plans are likely to result in overcapacity, say analysts. |
| 2011-04-05 | TI resumes production at Miho, Aizu fabs TI is to resume production at its Miho and Aizu fabs with production recovery schedules assuming a stable source of electrical power. |
| 2011-03-25 | KaiSemi to showcase FPGA-to-ASIC tool KaiSemi is set to showcase its innovative IP synthesis tool that automatically converts any FPGA netlist directly to an ASIC netlist with the push of a button, at the Embedded Systems Conference. |
| 2011-03-23 | Japan quake impacts MCU production The Japan earthquake and its aftermath will severely hit the production of MCUs, and consequently of every device into which these chips go, from cars to industrial controls and even medical equipment. |
| 2011-03-17 | Toshiba shuts units to save power Toshiba heeds calls to save electricity with temporary halted operations at production and business premises where TEPCO plans rolling blackouts. |
| 2011-03-17 | Quake damages 2 TI fabs TI reported heavy damages to its Miho fab that produced about 10 per cent of TI's output as measured by revenue in 2010, of which more than a third was DLP, with the remainder being analogue. |
| 2011-03-17 | Supply concerns cause NAND flash price jump Dramexchange service provided by TrendForce Corp. reported that spot prices for NAND flash memories jumped between 10 and 20 per cent following worries over limited supplies after the Japan quake. |
| 2011-03-16 | Japan quake impacts electronics supply chain Analysts raise concerns over the situation in Japan anticipating phenomenal price swings and large near-term shortages in chips production and supply. |
| 2011-03-11 | Fujitsu Semi streamlines business model Fujitsu's Haruki Okada talks about the company's streamlined business model which includes its fab-lite strategy, factory restructuring and narrowed product lines. |
| 2011-02-23 | Intel invests in new 300mm fab Intel invests in new 300mm fab |
| 2011-02-07 | X-Fab aims to fortify MEMS tech, teams with MFI X-Fab aims to fortify MEMS tech, teams with MFI |
| 2011-02-04 | 450mm: A cause for concern Analysts think that the lack of 300mm capacity today and with 450mm plants under construction expecting delays in mass production until 2017 or 2018, will cause chaos in the IC supply chain. |
| 2011-02-04 | Foundry service for R&D launched Semiconductor Support Services Co. has launched an R&D manufacturing service aimed at working with discrete manufacturers, foundries, universities and fabless design houses. |
| 2011-01-24 | Fab tool business model for better or worse Fab tool business model for better or worse |
| 2011-01-04 | Sony expands capacity with CMOS fab Sony expands capacity with CMOS fab |
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