An Introduction To AMD Spin-Off Global Foundries @ HotHardware.com - 05/04/09 04:42 PM
Hello Everyone,
Early last week, we spent a day or so with a number of representatives from
Global Foundries, learning about the company's plans for a new fab that will
be built in upstate New York. The name Global Foundries may be unfamiliar to
many of you, but the company's origins may not. If you remember back to
October 2008, AMD and the Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) of
Abu Dhabi announced the creation of a leading-edge global semiconductor
manufacturing company, born from AMD's existing fabrication infrastructure.
That company officially became Global Foundries on March 2 of this year.
While touring the area in update New York where Global Foundries plans to
build its cutting edge fab, we heard from a number of representatives about
the company's plans. The facility will be called Fab 2. It will be a 300mm
wafer manufacturing facility designed for 32/22nm process technologies. The
plant will require an approximate $4.5B initial investment, have a
300,000sq/ft Class 100 Clean Room, and it is expected to come online some
time in 2012. More details are available at the URL below...
An Introduction To AMD Spin-Off Global Foundries:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/An-Introduction-To-Global-Foundries/
As always, a link in your news sections would be much appreciated! If you'd
like us to return the favor, please don't hesitate to send your press
Early last week, we spent a day or so with a number of representatives from
Global Foundries, learning about the company's plans for a new fab that will
be built in upstate New York. The name Global Foundries may be unfamiliar to
many of you, but the company's origins may not. If you remember back to
October 2008, AMD and the Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) of
Abu Dhabi announced the creation of a leading-edge global semiconductor
manufacturing company, born from AMD's existing fabrication infrastructure.
That company officially became Global Foundries on March 2 of this year.
While touring the area in update New York where Global Foundries plans to
build its cutting edge fab, we heard from a number of representatives about
the company's plans. The facility will be called Fab 2. It will be a 300mm
wafer manufacturing facility designed for 32/22nm process technologies. The
plant will require an approximate $4.5B initial investment, have a
300,000sq/ft Class 100 Clean Room, and it is expected to come online some
time in 2012. More details are available at the URL below...
An Introduction To AMD Spin-Off Global Foundries:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/An-Introduction-To-Global-Foundries/
As always, a link in your news sections would be much appreciated! If you'd
like us to return the favor, please don't hesitate to send your press