foundry
noun
found·ry
ˈfau̇n-drē 
plural foundries
1
: an establishment where founding is carried on
2
: the act, process, or art of casting metals
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The Biden administration has promised tens of billions of dollars to support construction of U.S. chip foundries and reduce reliance on Asian suppliers, which Washington sees as a security weakness.
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Will Weissert, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
All of the world’s most advanced foundries—the factories that produce semiconductors—currently use ASM Lithography’s technology, including Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC), Samsung, and Intel.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
Gelsinger says these latest numbers are partially the result of Intel’s past mistakes catching up with its foundry business, which caused the chipmaker to outsource about 30 percent of all its wafer production to other foundries, like TSMC, one of Intel’s biggest competitors currently.
—Joanna Nelius, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2024
The processor maker is moving from being a company that produces only its own chips to becoming a foundry, making chips for others and considering its own product teams as just another customer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2024
General Manager Tony Workman said the foundry typically keeps molds for up to two years, but as luck would have it, Parson’s mold was still in storage.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2024
Several of the world’s largest semiconductor foundries, including TSMC and ST Microelectronics, now do MEMS ultrasound chip production on 300 and 200 mm wafers, respectively.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2024
It was crafted at a shipbuilding yard in Nantes, France, because no foundry in the U.S. could cast a bell its size.
—The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
This story concerns more recent history, when a neighborhood of mills, foundries and meatpacking plants became a cheap-rent paradise for artists and, finally, a prime destination for developers and international luxury brands.
—New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
Will Weissert, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
All of the world’s most advanced foundries—the factories that produce semiconductors—currently use ASM Lithography’s technology, including Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC), Samsung, and Intel.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
Gelsinger says these latest numbers are partially the result of Intel’s past mistakes catching up with its foundry business, which caused the chipmaker to outsource about 30 percent of all its wafer production to other foundries, like TSMC, one of Intel’s biggest competitors currently.
—Joanna Nelius, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2024
The processor maker is moving from being a company that produces only its own chips to becoming a foundry, making chips for others and considering its own product teams as just another customer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2024
General Manager Tony Workman said the foundry typically keeps molds for up to two years, but as luck would have it, Parson’s mold was still in storage.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2024
Several of the world’s largest semiconductor foundries, including TSMC and ST Microelectronics, now do MEMS ultrasound chip production on 300 and 200 mm wafers, respectively.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2024
It was crafted at a shipbuilding yard in Nantes, France, because no foundry in the U.S. could cast a bell its size.
—The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
This story concerns more recent history, when a neighborhood of mills, foundries and meatpacking plants became a cheap-rent paradise for artists and, finally, a prime destination for developers and international luxury brands.
—New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
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“Foundry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foundry. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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