wafer

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Chip makers use it to maintain stable temperatures while etching silicon wafers into advanced semiconductors.

From The Wall Street Journal

It's a byproduct of the production of natural gas and is used in the manufacture of semiconductor wafers, which are then processed into the microchips used in computers, vehicles and household appliances.

From BBC

However, Micron is expected to begin wafer output from a $50 billion expansion of its facilities in Idaho around the middle of next year.

From Barron's

One terawatt of annual compute would require between 7 million and 18 million 300-millimeter wafer starts produced each month, according to the Bernstein team, which based its “very rough” estimates off current industry costs.

From MarketWatch

The company produces many chips at once on silicon wafers.

From The Wall Street Journal