GlobalFoundries ya sanya tsohon shuka IBM na Amurka a hannun mai kyau

Bayan VIS da ke sarrafa TSMC ya mallaki kasuwancin MEMS na GlobalFoundries a farkon wannan shekara, jita-jita sun sha ba da shawarar cewa masu sauran kadarorin suna neman daidaita tsarin su. An ambaci jita-jita iri-iri game da masana'antun Sinawa na samfuran semiconductor, kuma game da giant ɗin Koriya ta Kudu Samsung, da shugaban TSMC a makon da ya gabata. sai yayi wata sanarwa mai ban sha'awa cewa kamfanin ba ya tunanin siyan wasu kasuwancin a wajen Taiwan.

Wannan makon ya fara da wasu labarai masu kayatarwa ga duk wanda ke bin masana'antar semiconductor. Kamfanin GlobalFoundries a hukumance ya bayyana kan shiga yarjejeniya tare da ON Semiconductor, a karkashin sharuɗɗan da ƙarshen zai sami cikakken ikon sarrafa Fab 2022 a jihar New York a cikin 10, wanda GlobalFoundries da kanta ta samu a cikin 2014 sakamakon yarjejeniya da IBM.

Nan da nan bayan sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar, GlobalFoundries ta karɓi dala miliyan 100, za a biya wani dala miliyan 330 a ƙarshen 2022. A wannan lokacin ne ON Semiconductor zai sami cikakken iko akan Fab 10, kuma ma'aikatan kasuwancin za su canza zuwa ma'aikatan sabon ma'aikaci. Tsawon tsari mai tsayi, kamar yadda GlobalFoundries ya yi bayani, zai ba wa kamfanin damar rarraba umarni daga Fab 10 zuwa sauran masana'antar sa da ke aiki tare da wafer silicon 300 mm.

Za a fitar da umarni na farko na ON Semiconductor akan Fab 10 a cikin 2020. Har sai kasuwancin ya zo ƙarƙashin ikon sabbin masu shi, GlobalFoundries za su cika umarnin da suka dace. Tare da hanyar, mai siye yana karɓar lasisi don amfani da fasaha da kuma haƙƙin shiga cikin ci gaba na musamman. An ambaci cewa ON Semiconductor zai sami damar yin amfani da matakan fasaha na 45 nm da 65nm nan da nan. Sabbin samfuran wannan alamar za a haɓaka su, kodayake Fab 10 yana iya samar da samfuran 14-nm.

Abinda yake IBM - me ke gaba?

Yarjejeniyar 2014 tsakanin IBM da GlobalFoundries ya shiga tarihi masana'antu tare da sharuɗɗan da ba a saba gani ba: a zahiri, mai siye ya karɓi dala biliyan 1,5 daga mai siyar a matsayin haɗin gwiwa ga kamfanoni biyu na IBM a Amurka, waɗanda bai biya komai ba. Ɗaya daga cikinsu, Fab 9, yana cikin Vermont kuma yana sarrafa wafern siliki 200 mm. Fab 10 yana cikin Jihar New York kuma yana aiwatar da wafers 300 mm. Fab 10 ne yanzu ya zo ƙarƙashin ikon ON Semiconductor.

Mai siye, wanda GlobalFoundries ke wakilta, ya wajaba ya ba IBM da na'urori masu sarrafawa na tsawon shekaru goma, wanda za a samar a tsoffin masana'antar. Lura cewa shekaru goma ba su shuɗe ba tun bayan kammala yarjejeniyar, kuma GlobalFoundries ta riga ta sayar da ɗayan kamfanonin da za su iya shiga cikin cika sharuddan kwangilar. Ba za a iya yanke hukunci ba cewa yanzu duk alhakin zai fada kan Fab 9, ko kuma za a cika umarnin IBM a wasu kamfanoni na GlobalFoundries.

A shekarar da ta gabata, kamfanin ya yarda cewa ya ki sanin fasahar sarrafa 7nm saboda tsadar irin wannan hijirar. AMD dole ne ya iyakance haɗin gwiwa tare da GlobalFoundries zuwa ƙarin ƙa'idodin fasaha. Yadda hulɗar tsakanin IBM da GlobalFoundries za ta haɓaka a cikin yanayi mai rikitarwa zai bayyana yayin da muke kusanci sanarwar sabbin masu sarrafawa daga dangin Power. An samar da dangin IBM Power14 na masu sarrafawa ta amfani da fasahar 9nm. Wasu gabatarwa da aka yi a bainar jama'a a bara sun nuna sha'awar IBM na gabatar da na'urori masu sarrafawa na Power10 bayan 2020, yana ba su goyon bayan PCI Express 5.0, sabon microarchitecture kuma, babu makawa, sabon tsarin masana'antu.

Fabu 8 baya canza masu

Ya kamata a fahimci cewa GlobalFoundries 'sauran sanannen cibiyar da ke New York, Fab 8, ba a haɗa shi cikin wannan yarjejeniya ba kuma za ta ci gaba da samar da na'urori don AMD. An gina wannan wurin jim kaɗan bayan canja wurin kayan aikin AMD zuwa ikon GlobalFoundries. Kwararrun IBM da ke aiki a kusa sun taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen haɓaka Fab 8, kuma a wani mataki na ci gabansa, wannan kamfani ya sami ci gaba na fasahar kere-kere ta ma'aunin AMD. Yanzu yana samar da samfuran 28-nm, 14-nm da 12-nm; GlobalFoundries sun watsar da shirye-shiryen haɓaka fasahar 7-nm a bara. Wannan ya tilasta AMD ta dogara gaba ɗaya akan TSMC don sakin 7nm CPUs da GPUs. Koyaya, wasu ƙwararrun masana'antu suna tsammanin cewa nan gaba za a iya karɓar wasu umarni na AMD ta sashin kwangila na Kamfanin Samsung.

Hoton sabon mai shi

ON Semiconductor yana da hedikwata a Arizona kuma yana ɗaukar kusan mutane 1000. Jimlar yawan ma'aikata sun wuce mutane dubu 34, ON Semiconductor divisions suna cikin Arewacin Amirka, Turai da Asiya. Wuraren samarwa suna cikin China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines da Japan. A cikin Amurka, ƙungiyoyi biyu ne kawai na kamfanin ke tsunduma cikin samarwa: a Oregon da Pennsylvania.

ON Semiconductor kudaden shiga na 2018 ya kai dala biliyan 5,9. Kamfanin yana samar da kayayyaki don masana'antar kera motoci, sadarwa, likitanci da na tsaro, kuma yana da sha'awar sarrafa sarrafa masana'antu, Intanet na Abubuwa, da kuma, a takaice, bangaren mabukaci.

source: 3dnews.ru