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Re:GlobalFoundries to Acquire MIPS by chasil on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @04:19PM (#44503697)
As far as I know, Global Foundries ceased efforts at 7nm and lower because they could not afford it.

They had previously signed a contract with IBM to produce silicon at these more advanced nodes that they could not honor, and there was legal action between them.

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

https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-01-02-GlobalFoundries-and-IBM-...

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Re:GlobalFoundries to Acquire MIPS by rusticpenn on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @03:16AM (#44507127)
Yeah and IBM had to move their designs in the last minute from GF to Samsung. I have heard that the Samsung process was much better and the tech transfer was easier than expected.
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