IDM
/ˌaɪ diː ˈɛm/
Integrated Device Manufacturer; a semiconductor company that both designs and manufactures its own chips
IDM in a sentence
“Intel operated as an IDM for decades before beginning to offer foundry services.”
Origin of IDM
Acronym: Integrated Device Manufacturer
Related Words
HBM
High Bandwidth Memory; a stacked DRAM technology that places memory dies directly atop or beside a processor for extreme data throughput
back-end-of-line
the stage of chip fabrication that creates the metal interconnect layers connecting transistors to each other
transistor
a semiconductor device that amplifies or switches electrical signals; the fundamental building block of modern electronics
semiconductor
a material whose electrical conductivity falls between that of a conductor and an insulator, enabling precise control of current
wafer
a thin, circular disc of semiconductor material (typically silicon) on which integrated circuits are fabricated
die
a single chip cut from a wafer; the individual integrated circuit before packaging