GlobalFoundries (GFS) is a publicly traded Foundries company founded in 2009 and based in Malta, USA.
| Date | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2021 | IPO | $2.6B | $25B | — |

Four foundries lay out co-packaged optics roadmaps to bring optical I/O closer to AI processors as electrical interconnects hit scaling limits.

GlobalFoundries VP Sudipto Bose discusses FD-SOI and physical AI at a Taipei event.

Micron raises DRAM investment to $250B+ through 2035; Apple commits $30B+ to Broadcom custom silicon.

MIPS (by GlobalFoundries) CEO and CTO discuss the acquisition of Synopsys' IP Processor Solutions business and the RISC-V opportunity.

GlobalFoundries and Tenstorrent discuss RISC-V ecosystem growth for physical AI applications in a panel discussion.

GlobalFoundries and Qualinx partner to advance European semiconductor manufacturing for AI and high-performance computing applications.
GlobalFoundries' most advanced FinFET process technologies, the 12nm-class 12LP and 12LP+ nodes, used for cost-sensitive CPUs, GPUs, AI inference, and networking chips that don't require bleeding-edge geometries. After exiting the sub-7nm race in 2018, GF optimized these platforms for power, performance, and area at attractive economics, serving customers who value supply assurance and differentiation over absolute density.
Specialty radio-frequency silicon-on-insulator processes that dominate the RF front-end market for smartphones, Wi-Fi, and 5G/mmWave connectivity. GlobalFoundries is a global leader in RFSOI, supplying switches, tuners, and front-end modules found in a large share of the world's mobile devices. This high-margin differentiated franchise is core to GF's specialty-foundry strategy.
A monolithic platform integrating photonic components, RF, and CMOS logic on a single chip for optical interconnects in data centers and AI clusters. GF Fotonix enables high-bandwidth, energy-efficient data movement between chips and systems—an increasingly critical capability as AI fabrics scale—positioning GlobalFoundries in the optical-I/O supply chain alongside its specialty-foundry portfolio.
Process technologies tailored for automotive, industrial, and power applications—including silicon-germanium (SiGe), BCD (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS), and embedded non-volatile memory—qualified to stringent automotive reliability standards. These nodes power microcontrollers, sensors, radar, and power-management ICs for vehicles and IoT, anchoring GlobalFoundries' diversified, long-lifecycle specialty business outside leading-edge digital logic.
487 patents on file, but none with both an extractable figure and an abstract on Google Patents yet.