GlobalFoundries says it will be behind TSMC in 7nm Posted on Tuesday, May 15 2018 @ 11:18:17 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck







Caulfield also indicates GlobalFoundries aims to get lucrative contracts or deals from the US government, and he notes that his foundry has no illusions of winning the business of high-end mobile processors in the near future because they will be behind TSMC at 7nm: “We don’t have the capacity … [and] we will be behind the leading 7-nm [foundry], but it costs more to be a leader than a fast follower,” in leading-edge nodes, he said.



Beyond the high-profile smartphone processors, “there’s plenty of business to go around … [and] some of the most profitable chips are in mid-range mature segments where assets are depreciated,” he added.



GF also won’t try to follow rival TSMC in offering a variety of packages such as its 2.5D CoWoS and its InFO wafer-level fan-out for mobile processors.











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