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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
by chasil 1y ago
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-all-7nm-development https://www.anandtech.com/show/13277/globalfoundries-stops-a...
https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-01-02-GlobalFoundries-and-IBM-Announce-Settlement-and-Resolution-of-All-Litigation-Matters https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-01-02-GlobalFoundries-and-IBM-...
- rusticpenn 1y agoYeah 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.