It produces wafers at 130 nm to 40 nm on bulk CMOS and SOI processes.
REC Wafer is producing multicrystalline and monocrystalline wafers for the solar industry.
It uses own polysilicon to produce wafers, and sells module products to photovoltaic system integrators and distributors in China.
Evergreen Solar, Inc. was "a fully integrated manufacturer of solar panels producing wafers, cells and panels."
The recipe, which calls for fairly common chemicals and a pottery kiln, produces wafers of the kind that won last year's Nobel prize.
In 1921 company began to produce biscuits and wafers.
One will produce wafers with diameters of 12 inchs, which hold far more chips than the traditional 8-inch wafers.
Initially, the company specialised in producing epitaxial wafers for optoelectronic devices used primarily in fiber optic telecommunications.
In 2008, SolarWorld opened a facility producing solar wafers, crystals, and cells, the largest plant of its type in the Western Hemisphere.
The company's management predicts that the new approach will be able to produce wafers at costs 40% below current methods.