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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Fabrication (semiconductor) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | Semiconductor device fabrication is the process used to create chips, the integrated circuits that are present in everyday electrical and electronic devices. |
 | | In an effort to increase profits, semiconductor device manufacture spread from Texas and California in the 1960s to the rest of the world, such as Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore and China, and is a global business today. |
 | | Semiconductor manufacturing is still strong in the United States, but the world's market leaders are in Taiwan and Korea, represented by major companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (see United Microelectronics Corporation (see Samsung and Hynix. |
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