Fab

Fab may refer to any of the following:

1. With integrated circuits and semiconductors, a fab is a plant responsible for making semiconductor devices (usually integrated circuits). Because of the cost and complexity associated with building and running a fabrication plant, most semiconductor companies adopt a fabless model.

Examples of fab companies include AMD, Analog Devices, Freescale, Hitachi, Intel, Micron, Mitsumi, NEC, NXP, Philips, Qualcomm, Renesas, Samsung, Sony, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, and TSMC.

2. When used in a chat or a text message, fab is shorthand for fabulous.

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