Talk:Semiconductor fabrication plant/Archive 1

Fab numbers

Fabs are often sorted by numbers: Fab 12, Fab 13, Fab 14, and so on. This sounds like every fab founded will get new number, independently from which company founded the fab. Maybe someone can explain the fab numeration system? Thanks, Abdull

Usually based on the year it was built. So Fab 30 for a company would be the facility built in the 30th year after the company was founded.76.79.206.130 (talk) 18:13, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

History of Each Fab

As it seems to be a reoccuring theme, having a history for each fab might be nice. Along with personal comments from those who work[ed] there.

192.55.52.4 23:43, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

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While I agree with the sentiment that a public history for each fab would be interesting, I don't think that this could reasonably or reliably be presented on the internet. A Fab is part of a business, and a competitive business at that. Some secrets must remain secrets. If you want to know the history of a Fab that you wish to join, good luck: apply for an interview. If you want to know the history of the Fab you are now/currently/recently/formerly working in, buy some crusty old curmudgeon a bottle of Scotch and ask him/her about "the old days". ;)

Naming

Why is this article about fabs called foundries? To me, a foundry is a service, a logical production facility, while a fab is a real physical building where fab is done. Are there good sources that support the current naming of fabs as foundries? Dicklyon 16:23, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

It looks like these books pretty much support my point. I propose we move the article. Comments? Dicklyon 16:26, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

In his acceptance talk for the Computer History Museum's Fellow award last week, Morris Chang, founder of TSMC, said that his success had catalyzed not only the foundry industry, but also the fabless semiconductor company industry. It's pretty clear that he isn't confusing a fab with a foundry like this article does. I think I'll move it to Semiconductor fab or something like that; comments? Dicklyon 15:42, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of this discussion was to move to Semiconductor fabrication plant --Lox (t,c)

I added the requested move tag at top, targeting Semiconductor fab, which presently exists as a redirect to this topic. Please see "Naming" section immediately above, and make comments here supporting or opposing the move, or suggest a better new title. Dicklyon 15:49, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

• Support - of course, since it was my idea. Dicklyon 02:55, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
• Support Semiconductor fabrication plant. Using fab is confusing in the title, it may be industry jargon and short hand for fabrication, but does not need to be used in the title. 05:27, 24 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vegaswikian (talk • contribs)

OK, that seems like a good idea, too. And it's probably available. I'll just do it, since nobody else seems to care. Dicklyon 06:59, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Unit confusion

I don't think it is clear, and please correct me on this, what the 'mm' stands for in the portion of the article talking about wafer sizes. I'm not that familiar with this area, so I have a good general perspective. Is it micro or millimeters? I can't imagine a wafer being half a meter (milli) so if it *is* millimeter I'm not understanding what it's referring to, if it is micro it should be stated as micro, I would think mm is understood to mean millimeters. Thanks for any clarifications. Webmaster Pete (talk) 21:33, 27 August 2008 (UTC)