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wafer

[wey-fer] / ˈweɪ fər /


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AI-led demand remains a key growth catalyst, with strong wafer fabrication equipment and automated test equipment demand benefiting equipment and engineering services players, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 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

On the earnings call, Cerebras flagged that it was continuing to work on scaling wafer supply, manufacturing capacity and data-center capacity.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Despite aggressive expansion, the company’s overall wafer utilization rate was 93.7% in the June quarter, up from 93.1% in the March quarter, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

I lick the edges of the fake-tasting vanilla first, then bite into the coolness that’s surrounded by that yummy chocolate wafer.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

"Mother remembers," he laughs, selecting the caramel wafers.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

They adapt the material to a lithography-based manufacturing method suitable for making devices on wafers.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Intel sees “significant growth opportunities” from its advancements in areas such as physical AI, custom silicon, advanced chip packaging and external wafers, the company added.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Investors should look to see whether anyone else pays cash up front to lock in wafers, which would be a measure of how little faith buyers have in the open market.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

His mother, a hippie by orientation, worked as a legal secretary; his stepfather was a physicist and engineer who designed machines that made silicon wafers, which computer microprocessors are built on.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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