Semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries and Qualcomm are strengthening their existing strategic semiconductor manufacturing agreement, securing wafer supply commitments to support capacity expansion at GlobalFoundries’ facility in Malta, New York following the recent passage of the US Chips and Science Act last week.
Qualcomm made the announcement in the CEO Summit held in Washington DC.
GlobalFoundries (GF) has been manufacturing Qualcomm Technologies’ chips for many years. In 2021, Qualcomm Global Trading (QGT), a subsidiary of Qualcomm, was one of GF's first customers to secure their supply with a long-term agreement covering multiple geographies and technologies.
That agreement secured 22FDX capacity at GF’s Dresden facility and will now include capacity at GF’s recently announced facility in Crolles, France.
QGT has also secured capacity in GF’s 8SW radio-frequency silicon-on-insulator (RFSOI) technologies for Sub 6GHz 5G front-end module (FEM), which will be manufactured in GF’s Singapore facilities, where site expansion plans are well underway with full ramp expected in early 2023.
The announcement today extends QGT’s US-based collaboration with GF in FinFET for 5G transceivers, Wi-Fi, automotive and IoT connectivity.
“With major new federal incentives for microchip manufacturing in the US, I look forward to many more announcements like this to come,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
"With accelerating demand for 5G, automotive and IoT applications, a robust supply chain is critical for ensuring innovation in these areas remains uninterrupted," said Qualcomm senior vice president and chief supply chain and operations officer Dr Roawen Chen.
“Our collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies delivers differentiation and innovation in mobile and IoT spanning three continents, and this long-term agreement extension provides Qualcomm with additional US based manufacturing for a more resilient supply chain,” concluded GF president and CEO Dr Thomas Caulfield.
This first appeared in the subscription newsletter CommsWire on 10 August 2022.
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