Talking about the consolidation of assets in the semiconductor industry we have more and more often, and this can be explained by a set of macro-economic and technological factors: adopt new technologies is more expensive and survive in a watershed period for the industry for major players is easy. At least, as reported by Bloomberg, the fund owned by Mubadala Development Company from the UAE GlobalFoundries looking for buyers for its own assets or part of them. At current oil prices contain such a company, requiring billions of dollars of investment becomes unprofitable.
Specific arrangements , and GlobalFoundries officials declined to comment. However, experts estimate the business GlobalFoundries, which has grown through the merger of the former production capacity of AMD enterprises Chartered Semiconductor, approximately to $ 15-20 billion.
GlobalFoundries is now the second largest contract manufacturer of semiconductor products, taking up 11% of the market and slightly ahead on this indicator to UMC. In addition to the close technological ties with IBM, it can boast of close cooperation with by Samsung. Who can become a buyer of GlobalFoundries assets..