foundry

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It's what is known as a foundry, and will make chips for AMD and other customers.

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  1. noun An establishment where metal is melted and poured into molds.
  2. noun The skill or operation of founding.
  3. noun The castings made by founding.

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  • Indeed, they were treated by Sir Charles Baird and his son with the kindest and most paternal care, and they duly repaid their attachment by their zeal in his service and the excellent quality of their work The most important business in hand at the time of my visit to the foundry was the moulding and casting of the magnificent bronze capitals of the grand portico of the Izak Church. —  James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.
  • It's what is known as a foundry, and will make chips for AMD and other customers. —  timesunion.com: Local Breaking News
  • The foundry, which is located on the Broadway Extension, is in the process of being sold, and will allow Swansbrough additional resources in which to accelerate work on the Shangri La 2 track.
  • MOSCOW, September 25 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian tractor producer Traktorniye Zavody said Thursday it had bought a 74\% stake in German foundry Luitpoldhutte AG but declined to disclose the value of the deal. —  RIA Novosti
  • Before the war this foundry was a small model establishment with a handsome tile-covered roof, and was thoroughly equipped for the purpose to which it was devoted. —  Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875
 

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  1. Also uncontr. foundery; from French fonderie (= Spanish Fundería (rare) = Italian fonderia), a foundry, from fondre, found: see found.
 

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/ˈfaʊndri/
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