Semiconductor industry and market

Which is an appropriate example of products designed by fabless companies?

  1. ASilicon wafers
  2. BExposure tools
  3. CSmartphone SoCs and GPUs
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Answer: C. Smartphone SoCs and GPUs

Fabless companies design smartphone SoCs, GPUs, communications chips and the like, outsourcing manufacturing to foundries and assembly and test to OSATs and others. Silicon wafers are made by materials makers and exposure tools by equipment makers.

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