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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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Back when the plight of engineer Darin Wedel, the Texas out-of-work fellow, hit the news, GlobalFoundries was already in touch with the White House about creating jobs in America.
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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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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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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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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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IBM, Samsung and Global Foundries announced plans to use Gate-Last technology in 22 and 20nm manufacturing process, resulting in a lower manufacturing node without the need to redesign chips.
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There were several categories of exhibitors at GlobalFoundries’ GTC 2010 with many similarities within the technical categories. It was somewhat like going to the Auto Mall: you can choose, but they all are cars.
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We ran across an unexpected booth at the GlobalFoundries Technology Conference among their partners’ displays. We were told that they plan to hire 5,000 new people world wide in the next few years, starting now.
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