fabs

基本解释

All this explains why of the 40 fabs under construction in 2007, 35 were in Asia, three in America and only two in Europe.
所有这些解释了为什么2007年兴建的40个晶圆厂有35个在亚洲，3个在美国，只有两个在欧洲。
Now established chipmakers can no longer afford to develop their own manufacturing processes or even to run their own fabs.
现在已建立的芯片制造商再也不能发展自己的生产工艺或者运行他们自己的晶圆厂。
Even if prices fall below costs, they have an interest in keeping their fabs humming, in order not to lose their heavy upfront investment and to recover the variable costs.
为了避免损失前面的大宗投资并回收可变成本，即使价格低于成本，他们也十分在意他们的晶圆厂处在继续运行中。

Plus these chips are outsourced to factories — or fabs — whose capabilities are well known.
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That essentially means that one-third of the world's chip factories, or "fabs, " were sitting idle.
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If you say that something is fab, you are emphasizing that you think it is very good.
an expression of approval or enthusiasm