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In electronics, a wafer (also called a slice or substrate) is a thin slice of semiconductor, such as a crystalline silicon (c-Si, silicium), used for the fabrication of integrated circuits and, in photovoltaics, to manufacture solar cells.
History, Production & 450 mm wafers
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| MEMC | instance of | silicon wafers were being manufactured in the U.S. by companies | 0.80 | text |
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| etch where cost is related to wafer count | instance of | Converting to larger 450 mm wafers would reduce price per die only for process operations | 0.80 | text |
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