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A manufacturing plant that makes semiconductor devices. As of 2005, the top 10 semiconductor companies worldwide based on sales and ranked starting with the largest were Intel, Samsung, Renesas (Hitachi-Mitsubishi merger), Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Infineon, STMicroelectronics, NEC, Freescale and Philips.

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You too can be a chip maker. All it takes is $3 billion to build a state-of-the-art facility. By 2010, a fab is expected to cost $5 billion.
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Fab 30 is a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that incorporates industry-leading manufacturing technologies to produce the company's highest-performance AMD Athlon processors.
AMD'S FAB 30 IN DRESDEN SHIPS 10 MILLIONTH ATHLON PROCESSOR DIE by EDP Weekly's IT Monitor
300mm Fab Will Add 50,000 Wafer Capacity; New R&D Center Nearing Completion at UMC's Southern Taiwan Site
UMC Expands Its Advanced Technology Complex in Tainan Science Park by Business Wire
In return for its investment, Macronix will receive equity, corresponding representation on Tower's Board of Directors and committed production capacity in the advanced fab that Tower intends to commence building within several weeks.
MACRONIX JOINS SANDISK, ALLIANCE, QUICKLOGIC AS WAFER PARTNER IN ... by EDP Weekly's IT Monitor
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