Posted on Monday, July 27 2009 @ 12:32 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Bright Side of News was in Albany, New York at the groundbreaking of the site that will become GlobalFoundries' Fab 2. You can check out their coverage
over here.
Welcome to the New (York?) Dawn of the 21st century semiconductor industry. GLOBALFOUNDRIES [yes it really is officially in all uppercase - and no, we won't use it], formerly part of AMD, has just broke ground on the construction of Fab 2, a $4.2 billion chip plant in upstate New York, near the state capital of Albany. BSN was on hand for the groundbreaking ceremony as well as briefings on current and future prospects for the recently divorced physical side of the now fabless AMD.
