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0 pointsgpderetta7y ago0 comments

IBM relies on Global Foundries today IIRC.

Edit: maybe still have older generation fabs for military contracts.

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ofrzeta7y ago· 2 in thread

Ah, I think you are right. They "sold" the fabs to Global Foundries.

nickik7y ago

I think GF is former AMD used to be. I think TSMC is former IBM. But I might have my history wrong.

nicoburns7y ago

Accorsing to wikipedia, GF is former AMD, which then later aquired IBM's fab business. TSMC has always been independent.

dragontamer7y ago

Global Foundries no longer is pushing for 7nm however, leaving IBM in a bad spot. AMD saw the writing on the wall and began to switch their designs to TSMC years ago (so the 2019 release of Zen2 / Ryzen3 will likely proceed on schedule)

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