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To: Bilow who wrote (50014)8/6/2001 3:26:34 PM
From: Paul EngelRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
Re: "They're drawn up out of a melt, and there is no way that they could be drawn in any other shape. "

That's completely wrong.

One Technique called Edge-Defined-Growth draws molten Silicon up through a wide, narrow slit, prodcuing a near-continuous flat, rectangular film of silicon - thickness of the slit.