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Re:Why IBM Is Suing GlobalFoundries over Chip Roadmap Failures by dralley on Monday June 14, 2021 @08:35AM (#27501823)
Global Foundaries pulling the plug on 7nm was by most accounts a financial decision, not a technical one. Their 7nm process was essentially ready, but the owners of Global Foundary (Mubadala Investment Company) haven't seen a profit for the past decade, and decided to stick to older and less expensive process nodes rather than spending billions retooling their factories and trying to keep up with TSMC and Samsung.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/13277/globalfoundries-stops-a...

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Re:Why IBM Is Suing GlobalFoundries over Chip Roadmap Failures by jacquesm on Monday June 14, 2021 @08:55AM (#27501968)
And IBM with all their might and foresight couldn't possibly have seen the writing on the wall when they sold it? They could have asked Watson ;)
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Re:Why IBM Is Suing GlobalFoundries over Chip Roadmap Failures by Goety on Monday June 14, 2021 @04:56PM (#27508197)
> ... decided to stick to older and less expensive process nodes rather than spending billions retooling their factories and trying to keep up with TSMC and Samsung.

I would love to see their rationale for this.

> In March 2021, Mubadala Investment Company and its joint venture Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners announced the purchase of Telegram convertible bonds worth $150 million.

Wow looks like they like to waste a lot of money.

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