What is a fab?
| Informal term for a semiconductor fabrication facility or manufacturing plant. |
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| 2012-01-25 | IBM, Globalfoundries to jointly manufacture advanced ICs Globalfoundries Inc. and IBM Corp. has announced that they are going to jointly manufacture advanced computer chips at both companies' semiconductor fabs in New York's "Tech Valley." |
| 2012-01-25 | TI plans fab closure, ends 2011 in the black TI plans fab closure, ends 2011 in the black |
| 2012-01-18 | Fab spending sees downward trend for 2012 Fab spending sees downward trend for 2012 |
| 2012-01-17 | 12-in wafer bonding machine for 3D LSI ICs developed In lieu of a conventional ion beam gun, the Bond Meister MWB-12-ST adopts a fast atom beam (FAB) gun to irradiate atoms for activating a material surface to bond. |
| 2012-01-11 | Nikon resumes Thai fab operations Nikon resumes Thai fab operations |
| 2012-01-06 | Samsung gets green light for memory fab in China Samsung gets green light for memory fab in China |
| 2011-12-30 | TSMC considers NY investment While the nature of TSMC's potential investment in New York state is unclear, the foundry giant is presumably considering building one or more fabs there. |
| 2011-12-30 | Two big China fabs merge Hua Hong and Grace entered into a legally binding agreement to effect a merger between the two companies on September 13, 2011. |
| 2011-12-16 | TSMC preps for $26B fab TSMC preps for $26B fab |
| 2011-12-13 | TSMC starts third phase of gigafab TSMC's Fab 15, Phase 3 claims to be bigger than most other companies' whole fabs and the company's second gigafab equipped for 20nm process technology. |
| 2011-12-01 | Toshiba to shutdown three fabs Toshiba is closing three manufacturing facilities and cutting down production at some of its semiconductor fabs due to a fall down in consumer product demands. |
| 2011-11-22 | Wafer packaging fab opens in Taiwan Wafer packaging fab opens in Taiwan |
| 2011-11-04 | Japanese LCD JV to buy Panasonic fab Japanese LCD JV to buy Panasonic fab |
| 2011-11-03 | NOR flash maker shuts Malaysian fab NOR flash maker shuts Malaysian fab |
| 2011-10-04 | Amkor buys Toshiba's assembly, test fab Amkor buys Toshiba's assembly, test fab |
| 2011-10-04 | Professionalism, kizuna restored Renesas after quake Engineers of Renesas took an open and collaborative approach to rebuilding and restoring the company's Naka facilities. |
| 2011-09-26 | Microfluidics market to gain from SIMTech fab Microfluidics market to gain from SIMTech fab |
| 2011-09-23 | Samsung begins operations of largest memory fab Samsung begins operations of largest memory fab |
| 2011-09-22 | Startup raises $125M, focuses investment on China Boston-Power will use its $125-million funding to build a fab in China capable of producing 400MWh of Li-ion batteries. |
| 2011-08-08 | Photo gallery: Rebuilding Renesas' Naka fab Photo gallery: Rebuilding Renesas' Naka fab |
| 2011-08-04 | Korean fab teams up with Chinese startup Korean fab teams up with Chinese startup |
| 2011-07-14 | Imec, SUSS MicroTec to develop EUV mask tech Imec and SUSS MicroTec are expanding their research partnership to develop an in-fab approach to EUV lithography focusing on mask integrity. |
| 2011-07-13 | ST, Sharp open PV fab in Italy ST, Sharp open PV fab in Italy |
| 2011-07-06 | 1Q11 fab capacity reaches 93.7 1Q11 fab capacity reaches 93.7 |
| 2011-07-04 | OmniVision buys wafer-level lens fab OmniVision buys wafer-level lens fab |
| 2011-06-27 | Rubicon's Malaysia fab is ISO certified Rubicon's Malaysia fab is ISO certified |
| 2011-06-22 | Intel, Micron joint venture expands fab operations Intel, Micron joint venture expands fab operations |
| 2011-06-20 | Rusnano finances Nesscap's global expansion Nesscap and Rusnano have signed an agreement wherein Rusnano will aid in financing Nesscap's expansion of its ultracapacitors fab in Korea and manufacturing and R&D facilities in Russia. |
| 2011-06-14 | Fujitsu announces return to pre-quake capacity Aided by its "Multi-Fab" strategy and business continuity plan, Fujitsu has achieved full recovery to pre-quake production levels at all of its five plants in the affected Tohoku region. |
| 2011-06-10 | SEMI: 2011 fab tool spending to hit record $44B SEMI: 2011 fab tool spending to hit record $44B |
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