wafer

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A chip yield refers to the amount of usable chips that come from one wafer.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The company has pioneered wafer-scale chips, meaning a chip that takes up the entire silicon wafer that is normally cut up into many smaller processors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Included in the guidance is an additional $30 million in costs for an extended maintenance shutdown at its solar wafer facility, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

A shift from inference to agentic AI “is significantly increasing the need for Intel’s CPUs and wafer and advanced packaging offerings,” Tan said.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

He gave Frodo water and an additional wafer of the waybread, and he made a pillow of his cloak for his master’s head.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien