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foundry

[foun-dree] / ˈfaʊn dri /
NOUN
plant
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China’s biggest chip foundry recorded a surge in net profit and revenue in the second quarter, cashing in on robust orders for legacy and specialty semiconductors.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The company's HBM business is also "driving a significantly positive impact on their foundry business as well", MS Hwang, an analyst at investment firm Counterpoint, told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Analysts say the prospects for personal-computer CPUs look more mixed, and they’re awaiting more information about the company’s foundry business.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

One of those announcements included IBM and the Commerce Department detailing plans to invest billions of dollars to help fund a quantum chip foundry.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

I could still hear those two fussing after I passed the foundry, but then everything got drowned out as the 1:10 from Athens approached.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

"Because SiC is already used globally in electric vehicles and power grids, we can leverage existing industrial foundries to manufacture these cryogenic chips on 300-mm wafers."

From Science Daily Jun. 12, 2026

At the same time, leading-edge chip making will continue to face supply constraints due to capital requirements and the time needed to develop foundries, they said.

From MarketWatch May 28, 2026

The U.S. push to boost manufacturing, partly by building new foundries, is vital as other countries race to be the first to broadly commercialize the technology.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

It is the cluster: foundries, packaging houses, substrate suppliers, materials firms, equipment engineers, testing specialists, design-service providers and process experts operating in close proximity.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

True, it had been noticed that skin cancer was prevalent among workers exposed to arsenic fumes in copper smelters and tin foundries in Cornwall and Wales.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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