Wafer

More commonly known as a silicon wafer, a wafer is a single thin slice of a crystal ingot that has been precisely cut using a diamond saw and chemically polished. The Silicon Wafers are approximately 1 / 30th-inch to 1/50th-inch thick and 3 to 6 inches in diameter. Using these wafers a manufacturer can place anywhere from 10 to several hundred semiconductors or ICs onto it, which are later cut out and used in computers and other electronics.

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