{"id":40137,"date":"2018-08-28T13:02:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T11:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=40137"},"modified":"2018-08-28T13:02:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T11:02:10","slug":"globalfoundries-reshapes-technology-portfolio-to-intensify-focus-on-growing-demand-for-differentiated-offerings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/40137-globalfoundries-reshapes-technology-portfolio-to-intensify-focus-on-growing-demand-for-differentiated-offerings\/","title":{"rendered":"GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span> Reshapes Technology Portfolio to Intensify Focus on Growing Demand for Differentiated Offerings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer rea\u00adligns lea\u00adding-edge road\u00admap to meet cli\u00adent need and estab\u00adlishes whol\u00adly-owned sub\u00adsi\u00addia\u00adry to design cus\u00adtom ASICs<\/em><\/p>\n

San\u00adta Cla\u00adra, Calif., August 27, 2018<\/strong> \u2013 GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span> today announ\u00adced an important step in its trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, con\u00adti\u00adnuing the tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adry laun\u00adched with the appoint\u00adment of Tom Caul\u00adfield as CEO<\/span> ear\u00adlier this year. In line with the stra\u00adte\u00adgic direc\u00adtion Caul\u00adfield has arti\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adted, GF<\/span> is res\u00adha\u00adping its tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy port\u00adfo\u00adlio to inten\u00adsi\u00adfy its focus on deli\u00adve\u00adring tru\u00adly dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adted offe\u00adrings for cli\u00adents in high-growth markets.<\/p>\n

GF<\/span> is rea\u00adlig\u00adning its lea\u00adding-edge Fin\u00adFET road\u00admap to ser\u00adve the next wave of cli\u00adents that will adopt the tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy in the coming years. The com\u00adpa\u00adny will shift deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment resour\u00adces to make its 14\/12nm Fin\u00adFET plat\u00adform more rele\u00advant to the\u00adse cli\u00adents, deli\u00adve\u00adring a ran\u00adge of inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve IP<\/span> and fea\u00adtures inclu\u00adding RF<\/span>, embedded memo\u00adry, low power and more. To sup\u00adport this tran\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon, GF<\/span> is put\u00adting its 7nm Fin\u00adFET pro\u00adgram on hold inde\u00adfi\u00adni\u00adte\u00adly and res\u00adtruc\u00adtu\u00adring its rese\u00adarch and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment teams to sup\u00adport its enhan\u00adced port\u00adfo\u00adlio initia\u00adti\u00adves. This will requi\u00adre a work\u00adforce reduc\u00adtion, howe\u00adver a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant num\u00adber of top tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgists will be rede\u00adploy\u00aded on 14\/12nm Fin\u00adFET deri\u00adva\u00adti\u00adves and other dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adted offerings.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Demand for semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtors has never been hig\u00adher, and cli\u00adents are asking us to play an ever-incre\u00adasing role in enab\u00adling tomorrow\u2019s tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy inno\u00adva\u00adtions,\u201d Caul\u00adfield<\/a> said. \u201cThe vast majo\u00adri\u00adty of today\u2019s fab\u00adless cus\u00adto\u00admers are loo\u00adking to get more value out of each tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon to levera\u00adge the sub\u00adstan\u00adti\u00adal invest\u00adments requi\u00adred to design into each tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy node. Essen\u00adti\u00adal\u00adly, the\u00adse nodes are tran\u00adsi\u00adtio\u00adning to design plat\u00adforms ser\u00adving mul\u00adti\u00adple waves of appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, giving each node grea\u00adter lon\u00adge\u00advi\u00adty. This indus\u00adtry dyna\u00admic has resul\u00adted in fewer fab\u00adless cli\u00adents desig\u00adning into the outer limits of Moore\u2019s Law. We are shif\u00adting our resour\u00adces and focus by doubling down on our invest\u00adments in dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adted tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies across our enti\u00adre port\u00adfo\u00adlio that are most rele\u00advant to our cli\u00adents in gro\u00adwing mar\u00adket segments.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addi\u00adti\u00adon, to bet\u00adter levera\u00adge GF<\/span>\u2019s strong heri\u00adta\u00adge and signi\u00adfi\u00adcant invest\u00adments in ASIC<\/span> design and IP<\/span>, the com\u00adpa\u00adny is estab\u00adli\u00adshing its ASIC<\/span> busi\u00adness as a whol\u00adly-owned sub\u00adsi\u00addia\u00adry, inde\u00adpen\u00addent from the foundry busi\u00adness. A rele\u00advant ASIC<\/span> busi\u00adness requi\u00adres con\u00adtin\u00adued access to lea\u00adding-edge tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy. This inde\u00adpen\u00addent ASIC<\/span> enti\u00adty will pro\u00advi\u00adde cli\u00adents with access to alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adve foundry opti\u00adons at 7nm and bey\u00adond, while allo\u00adwing the ASIC<\/span> busi\u00adness to enga\u00adge with a broa\u00adder set of cli\u00adents, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly the gro\u00adwing num\u00adber of sys\u00adtems com\u00adpa\u00adnies that need ASIC<\/span> capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties and more manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring sca\u00adle than GF<\/span> can pro\u00advi\u00adde alone.<\/p>\n

GF<\/span> is inten\u00adsi\u00adfy\u00ading invest\u00adment in are\u00adas whe\u00adre it has clear dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adti\u00adon and adds true value for cli\u00adents, with an empha\u00adsis on deli\u00adve\u00adring fea\u00adture-rich offe\u00adrings across its port\u00adfo\u00adlio. This includes con\u00adtin\u00adued focus on its FDXTM<\/span> plat\u00adform, lea\u00adding RF<\/span> offe\u00adrings (inclu\u00adding RF<\/span> SOI<\/span> and high-per\u00adfor\u00admance SiGe), analog\/mixed signal, and other tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies desi\u00adgned for a gro\u00adwing num\u00adber of appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons that requi\u00adre low power, real-time con\u00adnec\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty, and on-board intel\u00adli\u00adgence. GF<\/span> is uni\u00adque\u00adly posi\u00adtio\u00adned to ser\u00adve this bur\u00adgeo\u00adning mar\u00adket for \u201ccon\u00adnec\u00adted intel\u00adli\u00adgence,\u201d with strong demand in new are\u00adas such as auto\u00adno\u00admous dri\u00adving, IoT and the glo\u00adbal tran\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon to 5G<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Lif\u00adting the bur\u00adden of inves\u00adt\u00ading at the lea\u00adding edge will allow GF<\/span> to make more tar\u00adge\u00adted invest\u00adments in tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies that real\u00adly mat\u00adter to the majo\u00adri\u00adty of chip desi\u00adgners in fast-gro\u00adwing mar\u00adkets such as RF<\/span>, IoT, 5G<\/span>, indus\u00adtri\u00adal and auto\u00admo\u00adti\u00adve,\u201d said Samu\u00adel Wang, rese\u00adarch vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent at Gart\u00adner. \u201cWhile the lea\u00adding edge gets most of the head\u00adlines, fewer cus\u00adto\u00admers can afford the tran\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon to 7nm and finer geo\u00adme\u00adtries. 14nm and abo\u00adve tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies will con\u00adti\u00adnue to be the important demand dri\u00adver for the foundry busi\u00adness for many years to come. The\u00adre is signi\u00adfi\u00adcant room for inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon on the\u00adse nodes to fuel the next wave of technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

About GF<\/span><\/h3>\n

GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span> is a lea\u00adding full-ser\u00advice semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor foundry pro\u00advi\u00adding a uni\u00adque com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of design, deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, and fabri\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon ser\u00advices to some of the world\u2019s most inspi\u00adred tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy com\u00adpa\u00adnies. With a glo\u00adbal manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring foot\u00adprint span\u00adning three con\u00adti\u00adnents, GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span> makes pos\u00adsi\u00adble the tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies and sys\u00adtems that trans\u00adform indus\u00adtries and give cli\u00adents the power to shape their mar\u00adkets. GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span> is owned by Muba\u00add\u00ada\u00adla Invest\u00adment Com\u00adpa\u00adny. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, visit http:\/\/www.globalfoundries.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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