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(FABricationLESS) A semiconductor vendor that does not have inhouse manufacturing facilities. Although it designs and tests the chips, it relies on external foundries (fabs) for their actual fabrication. See fab, foundry and IDM.


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Semiconductors: IC Insights forecasts R&D spending by the semiconductor industry (integrated device manufacturers, fabless semiconductor companies and pure-play wafer foundries) to rise 8% this year to $49.
The Fabless Semiconductor Association, a group of 240 chip companies that don't own their own factories and that outsource manufacturing, expects demand for chip wafers, the underlying wafers from which chips are made, to increase 39 percent in 2000 and 48 percent in 2001.
com/research/484555/the_taiwanese_fabl) has announced the addition of the "The Taiwanese Fabless IC Industry, 3Q 2009" report to their offering.
 
 
 
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