Halbleiterwerk Frankfurt (Oder)

Halbleiterwerk Frankfurt (Oder)
Company type
IndustrySemiconductors
FoundedJanuary 1, 1959; 65 years ago (1959-01-01)
Defunct1992 (1992)
Headquarters
Frankfurt (Oder)
,
Germany
Number of employees
8200[1]: 199  (1989)

VEB Halbleiterwerk Frankfurt (Oder) (abbreviated HFO or HWF) was the largest manufacturer of semiconductor devices in the German Democratic Republic. In 1989, HFO produced 110 million integrated circuits (70% of all integrated circuits produced in the GDR in that year), 9.7 million transistors, and 150 million transistor chips.[2] Despite this, HFO did not rise to prominence like Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden (of megabit chip fame) or VEB Mikroelektronik "Karl Marx" Erfurt (known for its microprocessors). Also unlike Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden and VEB Mikroelektronik "Karl Marx" Erfurt, HFO did not survive long after German Reunification.

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