GLOBALFOUNDRIES
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) and Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) of Abu Dhabi have developed a new strategy for global semiconductor excellence. Together AMD and ATIC will create a US-headquartered, global, leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing company to address growing demand for reliable, independent, and leading-edge foundry production capabilities. This new global foundry will serve this need by combining advanced process technology, industry-leading manufacturing facilities and aggressive plans to expand its global capacity footprint.
Building on its history of developing award-winning semiconductor manufacturing facilities around the world, GLOBALFOUNDRIES will build a new 300 mm wafer fab at the Luther Forest Technology Campus. Construction of the new fab is began in 2009 and is the largest economic development project in the history of New York State. GLOBALFOUNDRIES plans to invest more than $4.6 billion dollars to construct and equip the new fab. Full-time employment is expected to increase to 1,465 jobs once full scale production is achieved.
For more information please visit GLOBALFOUNDRIES Website
Milestones
- Fab 8 Construction Begins - GLOBALFOUNDRIES began construction of its $4.6 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility at Malta in July 2009. Click here to view the status of the construction of GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Fab 8, Module 1.
- Fab 8 On-Line—Operations at GLOBALFOUNDRIES’s semiconductor manufacturing plant are expected to be on line in 2012.
Photo credit: Banner image from GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Conceptual Site Plan
“Advanced Micro Devices' [GLOBALFOUNDRIES] $4.6 billion computer chip plant planned for
Saratoga County puts
upstate New York
on a par with Silicon Valley and Austin, Texas. The
region
has made
it into the major leagues
of cutting-edge technology around
the world."
-- Everett Ehrlich, Economist
