Kusukela ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, i-GlobalFoundries ibisebenza ngenkuthalo kanye nezindawo ezithile ebhizinisini lokuthuthukisa nokukhiqiza ama-chip. Lokhu kuze kwadala amahlebezi mayelana namalungiselelo okuthengiswa kweGlobalFoundries uqobo. Inkampani ngokwesiko futhi sikhulume ngokuthuthukisa imisebenzi. Izolo, lokhu kulungiselelwa kufinyelele ebhizinisini elibalulekile lomkhiqizi, ingxenye yalo eyasungulwa yi-AMD, futhi ingxenye yayo eza nokutholwa kwebhizinisi le-IBM le-semiconductor.
Indlela Ngokusho kombiko we-GlobalFoundries, ibhizinisi layo le-photomasks (ama-photomasks) lase-US e-Burlington, e-Vermont lizothengiswa ku-Toppan Photomasks, inkampani yase-Japan, engaphansi kwe-Toppan Printing Corporation. Imishini ekhona kanye nebhizinisi izodluliselwa kumafektri e-Toppan emhlabeni jikelele, kuqinise ubukhona baseJapane ezifundeni. Abasebenzi abafanelekile be-GlobalFoundries bathenjiswe ukuthi bazonikezwa omunye umsebenzi, ngakho akukho ukudilizwa okuhlelelwe okwamanje.
Ngokushintshanisa izimpahla nemishini, i-Toppan Photomasks ithembisa ukuhlinzeka ngokukhiqizwa kwe-semiconductor ye-GlobalFoundries nge-photomasks ngevolumu edingekayo, izinkampani eziye zangena kuzo isivumelwano sokuhlinzeka iminyaka eminingi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-GlobalFoundries ihlela ukwandisa umthamo wokukhiqiza i-photomask eYurophu. Emuva ngo-2003, i-Infineon, i-AMD kanye ne-DuPont Photomasks bakha isitshalo esihlanganyelwe e-Dresden ukuze bakhiqize imaski yezithombe - I-Advanced Mask Technology Center GmbH & Co. KG (AMTC). Ngemuva kochungechunge lokuthengiswa kwesiteki, i-AMTC ibiyibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe phakathi kwe-GlobalFoundries kanye ne-Toppan Photomasks kusukela ngo-2009. Ngokuzayo, isikhungo se-AMTC sizohlala siphethwe ngokwengxenye ye-GlobalFoundries futhi sizoqinisa indima yaso ekunikezeni umenzi imaski yezithombe.
Kuzo zonke izimo, indaba yemali ayizange ibe ezindabeni. Ingakanani i-GlobalFoundries ezozuza ekuthengisweni kokukhiqizwa kwama-photomasks aseMelika, nokuthi kuzobiza malini ukuthenga ama-photomasks kuma-Japanese, akuvezwanga ekukhululweni kwabezindaba.
Source: 3dnews.ru