foundry
Americannoun
plural
foundries-
an establishment for producing castings in molten metal.
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the act or process of founding or casting metal.
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the category of metal objects made by founding; castings.
noun
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a place in which metal castings are produced
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the science or practice of casting metal
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cast-metal articles collectively
Etymology
Origin of foundry
From the French word fonderie, dating back to 1595–1605. See found 3, -ery
Example Sentences
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Demand for such equipment is being driven by the need for leading-edge foundry and logic chips, and for dynamic random-access memory, he wrote in a Thursday report.
From MarketWatch
The way foundries work is that your customer has to commit, and then you go out and spend.
From Barron's
“We increase our estimates on continued gradual share gains and overall strong advanced foundry/logic/memory/advanced packaging spending,” wrote J.P.
From Barron's
In particular, investors had grown hopeful about the company’s foundry business, but management revealed that customer decisions on whether to use Intel’s forthcoming manufacturing technology aren’t expected until the second half of this year.
From MarketWatch
SkyWater is an exclusively U.S.-based semiconductor foundry, serving industries including quantum computing, defense and aerospace.
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