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Semiconductor Manufacturing Trends in Product Type and Geography

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This chapter provides an overview of the semiconductor industry, in order to establish the dominant device types, and to identify environmentally relevant trends in semiconductor product types and geographic concentration of manufacturing capacity.

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    Sarah B. Boyd

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Boyd, S.B. (2012). Semiconductor Manufacturing Trends in Product Type and Geography. In: Life-Cycle Assessment of Semiconductors. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9988-7_3

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