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The facility where semiconductor wafers are fabricated is called a ________.

Answer: Fab / Foundry

Semiconductor fab (fabrication plant) is ultra-clean facility with photolithography, etching, deposition tools for chip manufacturing. Foundries (TSMC, GlobalFoundries) manufacture for fabless designers. India's semiconductor mission aims to establish domestic fabs.

Topic Semiconductor Technology
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