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[Andy Grave]

GlobalFoundries has stated its intention to skip the 32-nm node and move directly to 28-nm.

I asssume this means the bulk process. So 28nm bulk high-k and metal gates in 2011 for their graphic chips. Wonder if they can get Nividia business also. Those two huge chips would nearly fill an entire fab. Looks like Samsung may be more of a competitor to GF than TSMC.

Andy

[Elmer Phud]

Getting a jump on its rivals, IBM Corp.'s ''fab club'' and others have made good on their previous promises.
The group, including ARM, IBM, Samsung Electronics, GlobalFoundries and Synopsys, have announced the delivery of its 32-/28-nm process and design platform, based on high-k and metal gates.

Only IBM & AMD could claim to have made good on their promises when in fact they're 3 years and 2.5 process generations late.