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The 300mm Silicon Wafer Transition

The 300mm Silicon Wafer Transition

Update: 2023-03-30
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At the turn of the century, the $200 billion semiconductor manufacturing industry across the globe joined hands and underwent a massive transition. Maybe the last of its kind. 

That transition? They made their wafers larger. 

Sounds simple right? But the 300 millimeter wafer transition started in 1994, took nearly a decade, and cost the industry billions of dollars.
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The 300mm Silicon Wafer Transition

The 300mm Silicon Wafer Transition

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