Globalfoundries Representatives recently reported that the passage to the new technological process will result in expenditure in the size of several billion dollars, and the main obstacle on scientific technical progress continues to remain precisely the economic factor.
iSuppli analysts consider that within the next few years the quantity of contract semiconductor chips producers will be reduced in all to three: Globalfoundries, TSMC and UMC. Intel companies and IBM : if the first still produces chips for itself, then the second actively participates in the technological alliances, helping to master new technical processes other participants in the market.
After a drop in the gain by 10.9% in 2009, the services market for the production of chips in 2010 will grow by 21%, anticipating the restoration rates of the semiconductor industry as a whole. The reason for contract chip producer quantity reduction is obvious . The consolidation process is observed even now, and the recent agreement Of globalfoundries about the purchase Of chartered semiconductor is only one of the several examples .