We already reported, that ARM company can use the production capacities Of globalfoundries for the release of her own development processors. This news agrees with Intel statement and TSMC, which analogously are ready to propose to customers the production of adapted under the needs of the last processors class system-on- chip (SoC), using Atom architecture.
Yesterday globalfoundries company officially opened the details of its understandings with ARM holdings. The latter gives Globalfoundries right to release processors with the high integration degree, which use cortex-A9 architecture. Many producers release own processors on ARM license , most frequently these products find use in mobile devices. If we consider that ARM plans to take 15% of market for processors for netbook already in the following year, collaboration with Globalfoundries is completely logical.
The joint creation of ARM and Globalfoundries will release on 28 nm technical process with the use of materials with high dielectric constant (high- k) value and transistors with the metallic lock. Globalfoundries will release in series similar production only in 2011. In the plans of ARM in 2010 are registered only 32 nm processors. Consequently, Globalfoundries will propose to partner ARM CPU not earlier than 2011.