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Ford and chipmaker announce noncommittal “partnership” to alleviate shortages

Bloomberg | Getty Images reader comments 35 with 23 posters participating Share this story In an effort to combat the ongoing global chip shortage, chipmaker GlobalFoundries and the Ford Motor Company have announced a “strategic collaboration” today, both via press release and coverage in The Wall Street Journal. The “non-binding agreement,” according to the release,… Read More »

Chipmaker says it will ramp up production of older 28nm chips

Enlarge / A woman watches a mask—a part used in wafer conception—at a show room of the 12-inch United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) factory in Tainan, southern Taiwan. Sam Yeh | Getty reader comments 48 with 38 posters participating Share this story United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), the world’s fourth-largest contract chipmaker, is expanding its capacity to… Read More »