Foundries News

• GlobalFoundries Completes Purchase of 800 Acres Adjacent to New York Manufacturing Facility (Monday May. 01, 2023)
  GlobalFoundries Inc. (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF) today announced it has completed the purchase of approximately 800 acres of additional land adjacent to its Malta, New York, manufacturing facility.
  
  
• TSMC Showcases New Technology Developments at 2023 Technology Symposium (Thursday Apr. 27, 2023)
  Debuts Enhanced N3P Process, HPC-Focused N3X Process, N3AE Auto Early Program, and Updates 2nm and TSMC 3DFabric™ Progress
  
  
• SkyWater Establishes Cryogenic Lab, Utilizes FormFactor's Leading Tool for RTS Noise Detection in Read-Out Integrated Circuit Applications (Tuesday Mar. 21, 2023)
  SkyWater Technology, the trusted technology realization partner, today announced it has established a new cryogenic lab to characterize random telegraph signal (RTS) noise for read-out integrated circuits (ROICs).
  
  
• Infineon and UMC Extend Automotive Partnership with Long-Term Agreement for 40nm eNVM Microcontroller Production (Tuesday Mar. 07, 2023)
  The high-performance microcontroller product leverages Infineon’s proprietary eNVM (embedded non-volatile memories) technology and will be manufactured at UMC’s Singapore fab on its 40nm process.
  
  
• UMC Introduces New 28eHV+ Platform for Wireless, VR/AR, and IoT Display Applications (Thursday Mar. 02, 2023)
  United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today unveiled its 28eHV+ platform, the newest enhancement to its industry-leading 28nm embedded high voltage (eHV) technology.
  
  
• Samsung Electronics' World-Class 5nm Technology Selected by Ambarella for New Automotive AI Central Domain Controller (Thursday Feb. 23, 2023)
  Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, and Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA), an edge AI semiconductor company, today announced that Samsung’s Foundry business is providing its 5-nanometer (nm) process technology to Ambarella for its newly announced CV3-AD685 automotive AI central domain controller.
  
  
• Amkor Technology and GlobalFoundries to Provide At-scale Semiconductor Test and Assembly Services in Europe (Monday Feb. 20, 2023)
  Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR), a leading provider of semiconductor packaging and test services, and GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF), a global leader in feature-rich semiconductor manufacturing, announced today that the two companies have formed a strategic partnership.
  
  
• Oculi Forms strategic partnership with GlobalFoundries to advance edge sensing technology (Thursday Feb. 16, 2023)
  Oculi today announced a strategic partnership with GlobalFoundries Inc. (GF) (Nasdaq: GFS), a global leader in feature-rich semiconductor manufacturing, to manufacture OCULI SPU S12, the world's first single-chip intelligent Software-Defined Vision Sensor.
  
  
• GlobalFoundries and GM Announce Long-Term Direct Supply Agreement for U.S. Production of Semiconductor Chips (Friday Feb. 10, 2023)
  General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) and GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ: GFS) (GF) today announced a strategic, long-term agreement establishing a dedicated capacity corridor exclusively for GM’s chip supply.
  
  
• UMC and Cadence Collaborate on 3D-IC Hybrid Bonding Reference Flow (Wednesday Feb. 01, 2023)
  United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced that the Cadence® 3D-IC reference flow, featuring the IntegrityÔ 3D-IC Platform, has been certified for UMC’s chip stacking technologies, enabling faster time to market.
  
  
• VORAGO Technologies to Move All its Manufacturing Stateside in Strategic Partnership with SkyWater's Trusted Foundry (Tuesday Jan. 24, 2023)
  SkyWater to implement VORAGO’s patented HARDSIL® technology that enhances performance of radiation-hardened and radiation-tolerant devices used in commercial, aerospace and defense applications
  
  
• TSMC Announces Updates for TSMC Arizona (Wednesday Dec. 07, 2022)
  TSMC today announced that in addition to TSMC Arizona’s first fab, which is scheduled to begin production of N4 process technology in 2024, TSMC has also started the construction of a second fab which is scheduled to begin production of 3nm process technology in 2026.
  
  
• The MOSIS Service of the USC Information Sciences Institute and SkyWater Collaborate on Silicon IC Design Enablement and Manufacturing Service (Tuesday Nov. 29, 2022)
  The MOSIS Service of the Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California and SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), today announced a collaboration to enable design-to-manufacturing for integrated circuit (IC) prototyping and production utilizing SkyWater’s CMOS process technologies.
  
  
• TSMC Launches OIP 3DFabric Alliance to Shape the Future of Semiconductor and System Innovations (Thursday Oct. 27, 2022)
  This alliance will help customers achieve speedy implementation of silicon and system-level innovations and enable next-generation HPC and mobile applications using TSMC’s 3DFabric technologies, a comprehensive family of 3D silicon stacking and advanced packaging technologies.
  
  
• Intel Foundry Services Forms Alliance to Enable National Security, Government Applications (Monday Oct. 24, 2022)
  IFS USMAG Alliance combines a trusted design ecosystem with U.S.-based manufacturing to enable assured chip design and production at leading-edge nodes.
  
  
• US Government to Fund Expansion of IP Ecosystem for SkyWater's 90 nm Rad-Hard Platform (Wednesday Oct. 12, 2022)
  SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the trusted technology realization partner, today announced the Department of Defense (DOD) is investing $12 million to expand the intellectual property (IP) ecosystem for the company’s 90 nm radiation-hardened (rad-hard) by process offering, as part of the previously announced $27 million investment.
  
  
• Samsung Electronics Unveils Plans for 1.4nm Process Technology and Investment for Production Capacity at Samsung Foundry Forum 2022 (Thursday Oct. 06, 2022)
  Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced today a strengthened business strategy for its Foundry Business with the introduction of cutting-edge technologies at its annual Samsung Foundry Forum event.
  
  
• Valens Semiconductor Collaborates with Intel to Boost Automotive MIPI A-PHY Implementations (Wednesday Sep. 28, 2022)
  Valens Semiconductor (NYSE: VLN) today announced a collaboration with Intel to develop MIPI A-PHY-compliant automotive technologies for foundry customers, leveraging Valens Semiconductor’s expertise as a leading contributor to MIPI A-PHY technology.
  
  
• U.S. Department of Defense Awards SkyWater up to $99M in Additional Funding to Advance Rad-Hard Technology to Productization and Qualification (Tuesday Sep. 27, 2022)
  SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the trusted technology realization partner, today announced the Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded the company up to $99 million as a continuation of the previous initiative to broaden onshore production capabilities for strategic radiation-hardened (rad-hard) electronics.
  
  
• SkyWater to Provide Foundry Service for new NIST and Google Partnership to Create Supply of Chips for Researchers and Tech Startups (Friday Sep. 16, 2022)
  SkyWater Technology today announced it will manufacture chips that researchers can use to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices through a cooperative research and development agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Google.
  
  
• Avalanche Technology and UMC Announce 22nm Production of High-Density MRAM-Based Devices for Aerospace Applications (Tuesday Sep. 13, 2022)
  Avalanche Technology, the leader in next generation MRAM technology, and United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), a leading semiconductor foundry, announced today the immediate availability of new High-Reliability Persistent SRAM (P-SRAM) memory devices through UMC’s 22nm process technology.
  
  
• Intel Introduces First-of-its-Kind Semiconductor Co-Investment Program (Wednesday Aug. 24, 2022)
  Intel signs agreement with Brookfield to jointly invest up to $30 billion in leading-edge chip factories in Arizona.
  
  
• GlobalFoundries and Qualcomm Announce Extension of Long-term Agreement to Secure U.S. Supply through 2028 (Monday Aug. 08, 2022)
  Following the recent passage of the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act last week, GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF), a global leader in feature-rich semiconductor manufacturing and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced they are more than doubling their existing strategic global long-term semiconductor manufacturing agreement previously entered into by GF’s and Qualcomm’s respective subsidiaries.
  
  
• SkyWater Receives Funding from DOD, Partners with Google to Facilitate Open Source Design for its new 90 nm Technology Offering (Thursday Jul. 28, 2022)
  SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the trusted technology realization partner, today announced it is receiving $15 million in funding from the Department of Defense (DOD) to facilitate open source design for its 90 nm process offering, part of the previously announced $27 million investment.
  
  
• Intel and MediaTek Form Foundry Partnership (Monday Jul. 25, 2022)
  Intel and MediaTek today announced a strategic partnership to manufacture chips using Intel Foundry Services’ (IFS) advanced process technologies.
  
  
• SkyWater Plans to Build Advanced $1.8B Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility in Partnership with the State of Indiana and Purdue University (Thursday Jul. 21, 2022)
  SkyWater Technology today announced its plans to build a $1.8 billion U.S. semiconductor R&D and production facility in Indiana through a dynamic public-private partnership with the State and Purdue University to pursue CHIPS (Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors) for America Act funding.
  
  
• GlobalFoundries Statement Following Senate Procedural Vote on Legislation To Bolster U.S. Competitiveness (Wednesday Jul. 20, 2022)
  GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF) today released the following statement on today’s bipartisan procedural vote in the U.S. Senate to advance CHIPS Act funding that will strengthen the competitiveness of semiconductor chip manufacturing in America:
  
  
• US Department of Defense Awards SkyWater a $27M Option to Facilitate American-Made Semiconductors Critical to National Security and Domestic Supply Chains (Wednesday Jul. 13, 2022)
  SkyWater Technologytoday announced the Department of Defense (DOD) is funding a $27 million Other Transactional (OT) Agreement Option to further develop intellectual property (IP) for its 90 nm Strategic Rad-Hard by Process (RH90) FDSOI technology platform.
  
  
• STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries to advance FD-SOI ecosystem with new 300mm manufacturing facility in France (Monday Jul. 11, 2022)
  STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and GlobalFoundries Inc. (Nasdaq: GFS), a global leader in feature-rich semiconductor manufacturing, today announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a new, jointly-operated 300mm semiconductor manufacturing facility adjacent to ST’s existing 300mm facility in Crolles, France.
  
  
• Intel Foundry Services Forms Alliance to Enable Design in the Cloud (Thursday Jun. 30, 2022)
  Intel Foundry Services (IFS) today launched the next phase of its Accelerator ecosystem program. The IFS Cloud Alliance will enable secure design environments in the cloud, improving foundry customer design efficiency and accelerating time-to-market by harnessing the power of massive on-demand compute.