Quotes
Partners and Customers
"As our customers increasingly demand more performance, lower power, functionality and portability in their mobile experiences, the need for a strong manufacturing and technology foundation is more important than ever before. With its manufacturing capacity and technology roadmap, GLOBALFOUNDRIES is well positioned to help us enable the next generation of wireless innovation."
Jim Clifford
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Operations
Qualcomm CDMA Technologies
"This announcement reflects our business value and strategy of providing best in class processor implementation by marrying our own processor and physical IP with world class manufacturing semiconductor technology. This collaboration with GLOBALFOUNDRIES and their commitment to delivering leading edge technology makes them an ideal partner to accelerate the adoption of ARM processor based technology at 28nm."
Warren East
Chief Executive Officer
ARM
"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. 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."
Jean-Marc Chery
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
STMicroelectronics
Analysts
"The entire premise of the foundry business is changing. Foundry customers have made it clear that they are looking for deep collaboration with their foundry partners as opposed to a contract manufacturing service. With its history as part of a top Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM) operating at the leading edge of technology, GLOBALFOUNDRIES is well positioned to drive fundamental transformation in the foundry business model."
Dan Hutcheson
CEO
VLSI Research
"With each new technology generation, semiconductor foundries are increasingly challenged with the economics to sustain R&D and the know-how to bring these technologies to market in high-volume. With a heritage of rapidly ramping leading-edge technologies to high volumes at mature yields, combined with aggressive investments in capacity and technology, GLOBALFOUNDRIES is uniquely-positioned to challenge for next-generation foundry leadership."
Len Jelinek
Director and Chief Analyst
iSuppli
"GLOBALFOUNDRIES gained an important customer . . . when Qualcomm signed up for major production. And the company hinted that it may be able to announce another large customer in the next couple of months. Even as Intel has begun shipping 32nm parts this month, GLOBALFOUNDRIES indicated that it will ship 28nm parts in the fourth quarter this year, which will give the company a half-node lead on Intel for about six months in 2011 (Intel's 22nm node is expected in 2H11). Thus, the ARM camp has acquired a top-tier supplier with leading-edge capabilities."
Roger Kay
President
Endpoint Technology Associates
"The September 2009 announcement that ATIC, the financial backer of GLOBALFOUNDRIES and AMD, acquired Chartered Semiconductor and will combine the two companies under GLOBALFOUNDRIES marks a huge step for the young GLOBALFOUNDRIES and a major shift in the semiconductor foundry industry. GLOBALFOUNDRIES is breaking ground on a New York site that will eventually house three fabs and this announcement is a very strategic move. Not only does it add additional capacity through five 200mm fabs and one 300mm fab plus on-site packaging through Amkor at the Singapore facility, but it adds valuable customers. These customers include companies that are going fabless and are part of the IBM process development alliances, such as Infineon, or those utilizing the Common Platform manufacturing alliance (Chartered, IBM & Samsung), such as Microsoft and Qualcomm. . . . This pushes GLOBALFOUNDRIES into a critical position in the market amongst the foundry leaders just as many of the remaining IDMs transition to fabless or fab-lite business models."
Jim McGregor
Chief Technology Strategist
In-Stat
"GLOBALFOUNDRIES is one of the few companies that made the transition from 200mm to 300mm without hitting a significant speed bump. This is a true testament to the company's organizational excellence.System is not just a word here. It is a real computer network that executes objectives automatically. At GLOBALFOUNDRIES, computers are used to automatically make the no-brainer decisions - that leaves time for the humans to focus on the exceptions. This is a critical reason why they were able to ramp 300mm with so few glitches"
Dan Hutcheson
CEO
VLSI Research
What They're Saying in New York about Fab 8
"This is a welcome announcement for New York that will contribute to the continued economic growth and vitality of our State. The investment by AMD will not only create thousands of good jobs for the Capital region, it will continue to strengthen New York's reputation as a world leader in providing an environment where innovation and cutting edge technology can thrive. I am proud to have been able to be a part of the effort to help bring AMD to Saratoga County, and I thank Governor Paterson for his leadership and commitment to this venture.
David Paterson
Governor, State of New York
"At a time of general bleak economic news, today's announcement is great news for the Capital Region and its economic future. Bringing AMD to New York is something we worked on long and hard and I am glad to see it bear fruit. I've worked closely with Dr. Ruiz over the last few years to make sure AMD has everything they need to bring this plant to the Capital Region and I am glad he kept his word to do just that. This investment will solidify the Capital Region once and for all as one of the premier high-tech, nanotechnology centers of the world and bring thousands of jobs to region. This is exactly what the doctor ordered for the Capital Region - creating jobs, securing our technology leadership and growing our economy."
Charles E. Schumer
U.S. Senator
D-New York
"Today's announcement is a major step forward in our work to make the Tech Valley Region a global center of excellence for nanotechnology and advanced technology manufacturing. Not only will the project inject billions of dollars and thousands of jobs into our economy, it will generate new research and development opportunities for our universities, attract other companies to locate in our communities, and help our existing small and medium sized businesses grow and prosper."
Kirsten Gillibrand
U.S. Senator
D-New York
"The commitment of AMD to build a computer chip facility in Saratoga County is tremendous news because it will be the largest economic investment in the history of the state and will result in the creation of thousands of new jobs. The AMD project was a priority for the Senate Republican Majority because of the positive impact it will have, not only in the Capital Region, but for the entire Upstate economy. We understood that New York had to be more competitive with the rest of the country and the world to secure a major project such as this and we help firm in our commitment to make it happen. Much of the credit for this deal goes to former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno who had the vision, laid the groundwork, and did the hard work to make this historic job-creation project a reality."
Dean G. Skelos
New York State Senate Majority Leader
"I congratulate and commend AMD for honoring its commitment to the State of New York and to this region. Even in difficult economic times, we must invest in our infrastructure and in our human capital in order to fuel long-term job growth and assure the future prosperity of our state. Though we face serious challenges and need to make tough decisions, we cannot neglect our obligation to rebuild and revitalize our Upstate economy. I believe that what we have accomplished here in Tech Valley, can be replicated throughout this state."
Sheldon Silver
New York State Assembly Speaker
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