wafer

• The process also produces a wafer, which is then exposed to photosensitive chemicals -- in a process known as photolithography to allow the transfer of circuitry to the wafer.
• After transistors and electronic circuitry are deposited onto a silicon wafer, the wafer is assembled, or "packaged," by being cut into separate integrated circuits, which are connected electrically to a system board through a protective housing. —  The Money Times - finance news, lifestyle, markets, investment, personal finance, banking, retirement planning
• He thinks the wafer is a symbol, too (as opposed to the actual body of Christ).
• Since the wafer is the most expensive component of crystalline silicon-based PV manufacturing flow, reducing wafer fabrication cost is critical to the goal of making solar energy competitive with grid power. '
• Neither a thin-film or a wafer, the new form-factor was named a "foil" to better describe its unique physical characteristics as a thin, flexible yet free-standing material, the company said. —  Renewable Energy News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com

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