foundry
/ˈfaʊndri/
a semiconductor manufacturing facility that fabricates chips designed by other companies
foundry in a sentence
“TSMC operates the world's largest pure-play foundry.”
Origin of foundry
Latin fundere to pour, melt; originally a place for casting metal
Related Words
fabless
describing a chip company that designs semiconductors but outsources all manufacturing to a foundry
Moore's Law
the observation that the number of transistors on a chip doubles approximately every two years, driving decades of computing progress
SoC
System on a Chip; an integrated circuit that combines all components of a computer—CPU, GPU, memory controller, and I/O—onto a single die
chiplet
a modular, small die designed to connect with other chiplets in a single package, enabling flexible chip assembly
EUV
Extreme Ultraviolet lithography; a technology using 13.5nm wavelength light to print the finest circuit patterns, essential for advanced nodes
FinFET
a transistor architecture where the channel rises vertically like a fin, enabling better current control at small scales