{"id":28472,"date":"2016-10-07T19:33:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T23:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2016\/10\/globalfoundries-says-billions-to-be-invested-in-malta-plant-to-produce-new-microchips.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T13:34:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:34:38","slug":"globalfoundries-says-billions-to-be-invested-in-malta-plant-to-produce-new-microchips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2016\/10\/globalfoundries-says-billions-to-be-invested-in-malta-plant-to-produce-new-microchips\/","title":{"rendered":"GlobalFoundries Says Billions To Be Invested In Malta Plant To Produce New Microchips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"img-left\">\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"globalfoundries c.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/10\/globalfoundries20c.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" class=\"alignleft\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img-caption\">\nGlobalFoundries will make an additional investment in its plant in Malta to enable development and production of its new cutting-edge 7 nanometer (7nm) technology.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy GlobalFoundries\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>GlobalFoundries plans to make an additional multi-billion dollar investment in Fab 8&#8211;its plant in Malta&#8211;to enable development and production of its new cutting-edge 7 nanometer (7nm) technology.<\/p>\n<p>Company officials said the new technology is expected to deliver more than twice the logic density and a 30 percent performance boost compared to today&#8217;s 16\/14 nanometer foundry FinFET offerings.<\/p>\n<p>The platform is based on an industry-standard FinFET transistor architecture and optical lithography, with EUV compatibility at key levels. Officials said this approach will accelerate the production ramp through significant re-use of tools and processes from the company&#8217;s 14nm FinFET technology, which is currently in volume production in Malta.<\/p>\n<p>The 7nm semiconductors are expected to complement the 14nm products, not replace them, Fab 8 Senior Vice President And General Manager Dr. Thomas Caulfield said in Malta on Sept. 15.<\/p>\n<p>He said the technology is expected to be ready for customer product design in the second half of 2017 ramp to production in early 2018. The multi-billion dollar investment in Fab 8 will come before the production stage, to enable development and production.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->&quot;The industry is converging on 7nm FinFET as the next long-lived node, which represents a unique opportunity for GlobalFoundries to compete at the leading edge,&quot; said GlobalFoundries CEO Sanjay Jha in a new release. &quot;We are well positioned to deliver a differentiated 7nm FinFET technology by tapping our years of experience manufacturing high-performance chips, the talent and know-how of our former IBM Microelectronics colleagues and the world-class R&amp;D pipeline from our research alliance. No other foundry can match this legacy of manufacturing high-performance chips.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Officials said GlobalFoundries&#039; 7nm FinFET technology will be supported by a full platform of foundation and complex intellectual property, including an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) offering. Test chips with IP from lead customers have already started running in Fab 8.<\/p>\n<p>Building on the success of its 14LPP technology platform, GlobalFoundries&#039; 7nm FinFET technology is positioned to enable next-generation computing applications that demand ultra-high performance, from high-end mobile SoCs to processors for cloud servers and networking infrastructure, the company said. Its high-performance offerings are complemented by its 22FDXTM and 12FDXTM technologies, which have been developed to meet the ultra-low-power requirements of the next generation of intelligent connected devices, from mobile computing and 5G connectivity to artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;GlobalFoundries made a bold decision to jump directly from 14nm to 7nm&#8211;a decision that is now supported by several leading semiconductor companies as they see only marginal performance and power benefits for the high cost of the 10nm process node,&quot; said Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at TIRIAS Research. &quot;7nm appears to be the next major process node that will be widely leveraged by the entire semiconductor industry for at least the next decade.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Leading-edge technologies like GlobalFoundries 7nm FinFET are an important part of how we deliver our long-term road map of computing and graphics products that are capable of powering the next generation of computing experiences,&quot; said Dr. Lisa Su, president and CEO, AMD. &quot;We look forward to continuing our close collaboration with GlobalFoundries as they extend the solid execution and technology foundation they are building at 14nm to deploy high-performance, low-power 7nm technology in the coming years.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> GlobalFoundries will make an additional investment in its plant in Malta to enable development and production of its new cutting-edge 7 nanometer (7nm) technology. 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