Re: fabrication of wafer (computer chips) ... "fabrication"?
Daniel70 <[email protected]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 23:06:54 +1000
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On 21/06/2026 10:16 pm, Paul wrote: > On Sun, 6/21/2026 12:04 AM, Paul in Houston TX wrote: >> Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote: >>> >>> Why is the manufacturing of computer chips also called "fabrication"? >>> >>> Is it a dirty ulgy little tick to joke about the legal meaning of "fabrication"? >>> >>> FABRICATION in Traditional Chinese - Cambridge Dictionary >>> <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/fabrication> >>> >>> * the act of producing a product, especially in >>> an industrial process >>> >>> * the act of inventing false information in order >>> to deceive someone, or the false information itself >> >> My "guess" is that fabrication probably refers to root word "fabric", so fabrication would be making something intricate and complex from a simple but very small starting point. i.e: silk thread. > > You might also notice they use that in the naming of the buildings. > Such as "FAB43". > > Paul > Or even vehicles such as FAB1 ;-) -- Daniel70