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[way-fer] / ˈweɪ fər /


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The Dutch group, which supplies chip makers with wafer processing equipment for the deposition of thin films, said 2027 revenue should exceed 5.7 billion euros.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

An ultrathin diamond wafer converts CEBAF's electrons into a beam of high-energy photons with parallel spins.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

As a result, CPUs could be as significant as AI accelerators, including both GPUs and ASICs, in terms of wafer revenue contribution in 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

That is the trade: not the metal, but the wafer.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

I watch as he puts the thin wafer between her dry lips and administers the cup, murmuring in Latin.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

There are also constraints throughout its supply chain, the company noted, including for chip wafers and packaging substrates — an essential component for its advanced chip-packaging technology that is gaining appeal with customers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Instead, my shopper sent me a photograph of vanilla wafers, without comment, and marked the breadcrumbs as unavailable.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

The fabs aim to grow U.S. manufacturing capacity, with each expected to add about 900,000 300-millimeter wafers annually when fully operational, GlobalFoundries said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

That was where businessman Tunnock stepped in with a donation which, he said at the time, amounted to a "lot of caramel wafers".

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

No food that I could dream of seemed half so utterly delicious as vanilla wafers.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright


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