GlobalFoundries‘ advanced manufacturing facility in Malta, New York, has obtained accreditation from a Department of Defense organization to produce secure semiconductors for aerospace and defense applications. The Defense Microelectronics Activity Trusted Access Program Office has designated the manufacturing site as a Category 1A Trusted Supplier capable of facilitating the secure manufacturing of semiconductors for use […] More

Semiconductor chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries has secured $30 million in federal funding to produce gallium nitride on silicon chips designed for use in electric vehicles, power grids, solar energy, wireless technology and 5G broadband devices. GlobalFoundries said Monday the funding will be used to purchase tools and further implement 200 mm GaN wafer manufacturing at its […] More

A radiation-hardened system on chip designed by BAE Systems and manufactured by GlobalFoundries is slated to enter fabrication and is intended to serve as the core of single board computers for space agencies and spacecraft manufacturers. The RAD510 SoC currently being integrated into SBCs will seek to provide twice the performance capacity of the standard […] More

Raytheon Technologies and GlobalFoundries have teamed up to develop and bring to market a gallium nitride on silicon semiconductor to help advance 5G wireless connectivity. GlobalFoundries said Thursday it will secure licensing rights to Raytheon’s GaN-on-Si technology and build the chip at its Fab 9 facility in Burlington, Vermont, under the partnership agreement. The companies […] More

GlobalFoundries, a semiconductor foundry based in Santa Clara, California, has agreed with the Department of Defense to drive semiconductor chip manufacturing to help power the department’s technologies for air, land, sea and space missions.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with semiconductor chip producer GlobalFoundries to develop a silicon-on-insulator chip that works to quickly process radio-frequency signals and prevent interference in congested electromagnetic spectrum. DARPA and GlobalFoundries developed the 32-nanometer semiconductor-based chip under the Arrays at Commercial Timescales program, the agency said Monday. The analog-to-digital converter is designed […] More

PsiQuantum will further develop the photonic approach to quantum computing under a $22.5 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory. The company said Wednesday it will work with AFRL to design, develop and produce quantum photonic chips at GlobalFoundries’ semiconductor foundry in Malta, New York. Quantum photonic chips can process and control qubits based […] More

Tom Keane, corporate vice president for Azure global at Microsoft, said the company will work with several industry partners under the second phase of a Department of Defense-sponsored program that seeks to advance the development of secure microelectronics and semiconductors for defense and national security applications using commercial innovations. Keane wrote in a blog post […] More

Microsoft has teamed up with 11 companies to develop a technology platform that could help ensure the security of microelectronics design and manufacturing using the Azure cloud service.

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Srila LaRochelle, former head of Application Integrated Circuit Sales for Globalfoundries' North America segment, has joined SkyWater Technology as vice president of strategic business development. SkyWater is a Minnesota-based company that offers read-out integrated circuits, interposers, mixed-signal and radiation-hardened products.

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