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GlobalFoundries, Qualcomm sign foundry deal
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Friday, 08 January 2010, 17:46 IST |
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San Jose: In an attempt to expand its foundry list, fabless chip maker Qualcomm has signed a deal with foundry vendor GlobalFoundries. To begin with, GlobalFoundries intends to provide Qualcomm with access to 45-nanometer (nm) low-power and 28-nm foundry technologies, with an intended collaboration on future advanced process nodes, reports EE Times.
GlobalFoundries will provide technologies for handheld products that operate on the CDMA2000, WCDMA and 4G/LTE cellular standards, including the smartbook device segment. It is expected that GlobalFoundries will begin accepting Qualcomm designs at Fab 1 in Dresden, Germany in 2010. The two companies also intend to explore other areas to collaborate on such as die-package interaction and 3D packaging technologies.
Currently, Qualcomm's foundry partners include IBM, Samsung, SMIC and TSMC. Then, in 2006, Qualcomm expanded its foundry roster by adding Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. Abu Dhabi's Advanced Technology Investment, which owns GlobalFoundries, recently agreed to acquire Singapore-based Chartered for $3.9 billion, continuing its expansion into the contract wafer production business. Chartered will be folded into GlobalFoundries, the former manufacturing division of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) floated as a separate entity earlier this year by ATIC, which injected funds into the company under a joint venture deal.
