GlobalFoundries vice-president of sales and marketing, Mike Noonen, said that the commercial start of 28-nm production will be swift and unparalleled in modern history. According to a senior manager, that there are three prerequisites. In short, this performance, innovation and a wide production geography .
GlobalFoundries injected in 28-nm HKMG-process technology - metal gate transistors on insulator with high dielectric constant value - based on the company it is well-suited to this time on 32-nm HKMG-process technology. This will open up a 28-nm production in the shortest possible time. For example, according to Noonen, at the beginning of this year, GlobalFoundries company has released a total score of 250 000 300-mm plates with 32-nm crystals - more than all the combined volumes HKMG-plates of other contract manufacturers.
This is what concerns the implementation of production. With regard to innovation GlobalFoundries company is focusing on the order of process technology with deposition annealing plates - the so-called technology Gate Last. Intel is doing everything the opposite: first the deposits of plate, and then annealed. We assume that both technologies have reached a level of practical implementation, after which we can discuss only the positive aspects of a technical process. Approach Gate Last, for example, allows to make the crystal 20% smaller, which will positively affect the cost and (or) performance. Of course, customers will appreciate this GlobalFoundries advantage and take advantage of them.
Finally, the geography. The factories of the company in Dresden, close to the launch U.S. and Asian GlobalFoundries power - all combined allow the company to declare a sufficiently broad scope of clients in all corners of the world.