Metric · Fab Ops, Yield & Metrology
Capex per wafer
The installed capital cost of a fab divided by its annual or monthly wafer capacity, a normalised way to compare fab investments across nodes, sizes and regions.
- Also known as
- Capital intensity per wafer
- Type
- Metric
- Domain
- Fab Ops, Yield & Metrology, Fab economics
Notes
Capital intensity has risen steeply at each node since EUV, making scale and utilisation more decisive than ever.
Related terms
Part of the Fab Ops, Yield & Metrology glossary, with every term in the topic and the lifecycles, tools and standards that use them.
Where it appears on the Hub
No other page of the Hub uses this term yet.
Suggest an improvement
Suggest an improvement to this entry
A clearer definition, an example, a correction or a source an editor can check. Editors review every suggestion before the entry changes.
Last reviewed: not yet reviewed in depth. Entry last updated . The full glossary