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Silicon wafer

A wafer is a thin semiconductor substrate on which multiple integrated circuits are built. This photograph shows the patterned surface of a 12-inch silicon wafer; its colors and visible patterns do not establish a process node or a specific chip identity.

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Patterned surface of a silicon wafer, described by the photographer as 12 inches
Patterned surface of a silicon wafer, described by the photographer as 12 inches
2x910 ·CC BY-SA 4.0· Wafer photograph · Resized and re-encoded; no content altered.
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Silicon wafer — Wafer photograph

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A silicon wafer is a substrate made from semiconductor material.

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Patterned silicon wafer

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