waferscale

English

Etymology

From wafer +‎ scale.

Adjective

waferscale (not comparable)

1. On the scale of an entire silicon wafer.
   • 1991, Computer systems science and engineering, volume 6:

     It is naturally desirable to create a waferscale design which makes optimal use of the area available.

   • 2006, Valentin N. Popov, Philippe Lambin, Carbon nanotubes: from basic research to nanotechnology, page 178:

     Nearly 10% of the devices from a waferscale fabrication batch met these criteria.

Related terms

• wafer-scale integration