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GRAPHICS, HARDWARE
NEWS, RUMORS
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For what looks to be AMD's future graphics card, someone has put it up on eBay for sale.
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HARDWARE, CLOUD COMPUTING, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT
NEWS
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After years of having mixed communication, the company is finally coming together and pushing for a single message going forward. That message is a $120 billion TAM which represents a new focus for the company.
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HARDWARE
NEWS
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Thursday, September 20, GlobalFoundries announced a 14-nanometer (nm) XM PDK (eXtreme Mobility Process Development Kit) featuring FinFET three-dimensional transistors. Customer tape out is expected in early 2013.
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BUSINESS
NEWS
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We learned that GlobalFoundries is planning to hire 400-500 more employees, about 350 of them will work at Fab 8. 50% of these new hires more than likely will come from New York itself.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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We have just received information that GlobalFoundries initiated revenue production of customer silicon at their Fab 8 facility in Malta, New York. First chips are 32nm SOI for IBM.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS, RUMORS
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According to DigiTimes, quoting TSMC’s R&D boss Shang-yi Chiang, TSMC will begin volume production on 14nm in 2015. GlobalFoundries has similar plans, but you have to read between the lines.
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BUSINESS
NEWS
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One of the first GTC 2011 announcements emphasizes the collaboration which GlobalFoundries is fostering. With Samsung Electronics Foundry, they are jointly offering a new 28nm HKMG technology called 28nm-LPH.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
RUMORS
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BUSINESS
NEWS
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GlobalFoundries announced today that their owner doubled its capital expenditure in 2011. Instead of 2.5 billion, the company will invest five billion dollars on "expanding its semiconductor business."
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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As the completion of GlobalFoundries Fab 8 draws closer, we see that they are beginning to post job openings to fill for their new facility.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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GlobalFoundries is in advanced stages of negotiation with several customers, but the first one to publicly sign the outsourcing deal is no other than STMicroelectronics.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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BSN* was on hand for the groundbreaking ceremony of Fab 2, a $4.2 billion chip plant in upstate New York - as well as briefings on current and future prospects for the GLOBALFOUNDRIES.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS, RUMORS
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This first non-AMD customer will use 40nm half-node Low Power [bulk silicon] process in Dresden's Fab1. Expect an official announcement in next few weeks, during August...
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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The date is set. GlobalFoundries will officially start constructing $4.2 billion foundry in NY State on July 24, 2009.
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