>...especially from IBM which has always been willing to do low volume tapeouts (helps to own a foundary) IBM sold all its fabs to GlobalFoundries about a year

>...especially from IBM which has always been willing to do low volume tapeouts (helps to own a foundary) IBM sold all its fabs to GlobalFoundries about a year ago[0]. [0] http://www.extremetech.com/computing/192430-ibm-dumps-chip-unit-pays-globalfoundries-1-5-billion-to-take-the-business-off-its-hands http://www.extremetech.com/computing/192430-ibm-dumps-chip-u...