fabless

fab less |ˈfablis ˈfæblɪs | ▶adjective denoting or relating to a company that designs microchips but contracts out their production rather than owning its own factory: the newcomers' strategy was fabless production. ORIGIN 1980s: from fab ‘a microchip fabrication plant ’ + -less .

fabless

fab |less |ˈfablɪs | ▶adjective denoting or relating to a company which designs microchips but contracts out their production rather than owning its own factory. ORIGIN 1980s: from fab 2 + -less .