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GloFo, IBM, Samsung to demonstrate future silicon
Three chip giants, GlobalFoundries, Samsung and IBM, are beating their chests about an upcoming March showcase they promise will demonstrate the future of silicon. -
Renesas, Fujitsu and Panasonic to merge chip operations
The big idea is to spin off their system chip design and development divisions, with production to be transferred to GlobalFoundries which wants to set up a company in Japan. -
GlobalFoundries promises 'tremendous momentum' in 2012
GlobalFoundries asserts that the company is not in tatters as some industry watchers have been suggesting, and that 2012 will see it move with "tremendous momentum -
Apple, EMC, AMD post earnings
Financial RoundupThe results came after exceptional items: an impairment charge of $209 million in respect of its investment in GlobalFoundries, a loss of $4 million from discontinued operations, a charge of $3 million for amortisation of intangibles, a loss of $1 million on repurchased debt and a charge of $98 mill -
Intel reshuffles top suits
Eden is moving to the Promised Land of Israel where Intel has a manufacturing plant and is the country's top employer. Intel has heard rumours that rival GlobalFoundries is building a plant in Abu Dhabi, although the last we heard that project was on hold so the prospect of an Arab Israeli chip war -
From NFC to artificial brains: Future Horizons' future of chips
IFS 2012As well as looking at the state of the chip industry, IFS2012 saw Future Horizons give some predictions into the application of semiconductors over the coming years. -
TSMC to rule 28nm coop
The competition, it is said, isn't in a good place either. While Samsung's foundries cater to very high volume demand, you have UMC and SMIC to pick up the leftovers from TSMC. Even GlobalFoundries was all but discarded. -
Lack of leadership leaving GlobalFoundries in a mess
RumourAccording to anonymous murmurs in the chip industry, the situation for GlobalFoundries continues to look grim with rumours of discontent among disparate staff, with poor leadership affecting chip production. -
Microsoft goes for Oban and GlobalFoundries in Xbox Next
RumourAccording to our chums at Semi-Accurate, Microsoft has secretly started initial production with GlobalFoundries and IBM and are intended for software development kits that will be distributed among game developers later this year -
Strong, slow finish for TSMC in 2011
FinancialTSMC’s business did not benefit from the holiday rush, even when AMD ran to its arms after seeing that GlobalFoundries was a major let-down, but managed to squeeze higher earnings over the preceding quarter. -
Apple moves in for close relationship with GloFo
RumourBeneath the surface of Apple’s buying up of office space in Sunnyvale, home to GlobalFoundries staff there are signs of an imminent allegiance switching away from Intel. -
Love affair between AMD and GloFo cools
CES 2012Sources close to the foundry action here in Las Vegas suggest that the tryst between AMD and GlobalFoundries (GloFo) is set to founder at the end of this year. -
AMD demos Trinity
CES 2012Trinity will be made using 32nm SOI HKMG process technology at GlobalFoundries. The APU will feature up to four x86 cores powered by enhanced Bulldozer/Piledriver architecture, AMD Radeon HD 7000-series Southern Islands graphics core with DirectX 11-class graphics support, DDR3 memory controller and -
AMD reveals strange plans on how it is going to diss Intel
CES 2012Intel had a buzzy Ultrabook thing going in central CES while AMD had a little bunker in rooms 225-277. -
GloFo starts making IBM chips in New York
Fab 8 is making 32nm HKMG SOI on 300mm wafers with both IBM and GlobalFoundries working together. It is unlikely to be AMD as the main customer as IBM is involved. -
AMD appoints Rajan Naik as master strategist
There has been a mix-and-match of results for the company recently. Take your pick: an ailing partnership with its former manufacturing arm, GlobalFoundries, strained by poor technical results, its graphics branch successfully outmanoeuvring Nvidia and a rather disappointing launch for Bulldozer. -
TSMC admits Intel is "indirect competition"
He said he was seeing a face to face war with Samsung, GlobalFoundries with Intel standing 'behind a veil', a bit like Moriarty in Sherlock. -
GloFo tipped to buy Powerchip fab
RumourTaiwanese media reports have been suggesting that GlobalFoundries, which has been trying to get a foot in the door in Taiwan's IC design sector, is the latest bidder attempting to acquire Powerchip's P3 fab.
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