foundry
noun
found·ry
ˈfau̇n-drē 
plural foundries
1
: an establishment where founding is carried on
2
: the act, process, or art of casting metals
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Percy Gray worked at different foundries in the city, while Bessie dedicated her time to raising their family.
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James E. Causey, Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2024
Carolina Bronze Sculpture, a foundry located in Seagrove, cast the statue in bronze, and a quarry in Rowan County provided the Salisbury granite for the base.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2024
However, Wei said TSMC would revise its expectations for semiconductor market growth (minus memory chips) down for 2024, and cut his growth predictions for foundries, Bloomberg reported.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
Companies designing cutting-edge AI chips, such as Nvidia and Intel, rely on foundries with extremely specialized tools to build their designs—and for them, TSMC is the only game in town.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
The company announced that Intel's foundries would expand in ways unheard of in the past.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The Biden administration has promised tens of billions of dollars to support construction of U.S. chip foundries and reduce reliance on Asian suppliers, which Washington sees as a security weakness.
—Will Weissert, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
All of the world’s most advanced foundries—the factories that produce semiconductors—currently use ASM Lithography’s technology, including Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC), Samsung, and Intel.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
Gelsinger says these latest numbers are partially the result of Intel’s past mistakes catching up with its foundry business, which caused the chipmaker to outsource about 30 percent of all its wafer production to other foundries, like TSMC, one of Intel’s biggest competitors currently.
—Joanna Nelius, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2024
James E. Causey, Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2024
Carolina Bronze Sculpture, a foundry located in Seagrove, cast the statue in bronze, and a quarry in Rowan County provided the Salisbury granite for the base.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2024
However, Wei said TSMC would revise its expectations for semiconductor market growth (minus memory chips) down for 2024, and cut his growth predictions for foundries, Bloomberg reported.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
Companies designing cutting-edge AI chips, such as Nvidia and Intel, rely on foundries with extremely specialized tools to build their designs—and for them, TSMC is the only game in town.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
The company announced that Intel's foundries would expand in ways unheard of in the past.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The Biden administration has promised tens of billions of dollars to support construction of U.S. chip foundries and reduce reliance on Asian suppliers, which Washington sees as a security weakness.
—Will Weissert, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
All of the world’s most advanced foundries—the factories that produce semiconductors—currently use ASM Lithography’s technology, including Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC), Samsung, and Intel.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
Gelsinger says these latest numbers are partially the result of Intel’s past mistakes catching up with its foundry business, which caused the chipmaker to outsource about 30 percent of all its wafer production to other foundries, like TSMC, one of Intel’s biggest competitors currently.
—Joanna Nelius, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Foundry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foundry. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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