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GlobalFoundries is a semiconductor foundry that manufactures chips for companies like AMD. Discussions on WindowsForum cover GlobalFoundries' role in producing AMD's Bulldozer CPUs on a 32nm process and its early 28nm wafer demonstrations. Topics include fabrication technology, chip production timelines, and comparisons of AMD processors against Intel's Core i7 lineup. The tag is relevant for users interested in semiconductor manufacturing, AMD processor architecture, and foundry process nodes.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Marvell Secures GlobalFoundries SiGe Capacity for AI Optics

    Marvell has secured additional silicon germanium production capacity at GlobalFoundries’ Burlington, Vermont, fab under a new multi-year agreement aimed at the optics hardware now becoming a constraint on large AI clusters. The deal does not announce a new fab or a finished optical product; it...
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    Windows 7 Rumour: Bulldozer 50% faster than Core i7 950 and Phenom II X6 1100T

    DonanimHaber have revealed early Link Removed indications for AMD's much anticipated next-gen Bulldozer architecture, in the form of Zambezi CPUs. The benchmarks were sourced from an official AMD document, in three categories, Media, Rendering and Games, and the Bulldozer 8-core sampled ended up...
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    Windows 7 AMD tapes out its Bulldozer CPU architecture

    AMD tapes out its Bulldozer CPU architecture Mass production to begin in 1H 2011 On Friday, AMD announced that it has successfully taped out its much delayed Bulldozer architecture and hopes to begin sampling working chips with customers shortly. The company's new high-end architecture...
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    • 32nm amd architecture bulldozer chip cpu globalfoundries high-end hot chips interlagos llano manufacturing maranello mass production performance processor sampling server tech education zambezi
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    Windows 7 Global Foundries 28nm wafer spotted

    GLOBAL FOUNDRIES has been way ahead of the curve with process tech when compared to any other foundry on the market. Today, it somewhat accidentally cemented that lead by publicly displaying an unlabeled 28nm wafer. Link Removed due to 404 Error 28nm wafers that are not test structures Global...
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    • 28nm advanced structures cpu globalfoundries gpu process technology semiconductors soc technology wafer
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