14 DAY TRIAL // Sunnyvale, California-based semiconductor manufacturing company GLOBALFOUNDRIES has just announced that it has landed a strategic customer relationship with STMicroelectronics, one of the world's leading suppliers of semiconductor solutions. According to a recent press statement, the two companies will partner to develop products based on the 40nm Low Power (LP) bulk silicon technology, a process that is ideal for the next generation of wireless applications, handheld devices and consumer electronics. The agreement between the two is likely the first of many to follow for the newly founded semiconductor manufacturer.
“When we launched GLOBALFOUNDRIES, our long-term vision was to bring a new business model to the foundry market and to become the partner of choice for the largest and most innovative semiconductor design and manufacturing companies,” said Doug Grose, chief executive officer, GLOBALFOUNDRIES. “With the addition of an industry-leader in low-power technology like STMicroelectronics we now begin to deliver on this vision. We look forward to harnessing our full capabilities for ST to provide best-in-class service in bringing their 40nm design innovation to life in high volumes and at mature yields.”
Earlier this month, GLOBALFOUNDRIES broke ground at the Fab 2, a US$4.2B wafer manufacturing facility in Malta, N.Y, where the company expects to ramp up production of the 28nm technology node. For the time being, GLOBALFOUNDRIES' main facility is the 300mm manufacturing campus in Dresden, Germany, also known as Fab 1, where the company plans to tape out and start production of the first ST products by 2010.
“To ensure ample capacity for our customer/partners at the leading-edge of low-power design, ST needs an agile and high-performance manufacturing partner that can adapt to our changing needs,” said Jean-Marc Chery, executive vice president and chief technology officer, STMicroelectronics. “With a strong commitment to manufacturing and technology excellence at the leading-edge, we believe GLOBALFOUNDRIES is an excellent partner to collaborate on low-power design innovation in 2010 and beyond.”