GlobalFoundries Inc. (GF) is a multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company incorporated in the Cayman Islands and headquartered in Malta, New York. Created by the divestiture of the manufacturing arm of AMD, the company was privately owned by Mubadala Investment Company, the sovereign wealth fund of the United Arab Emirates, until an initial public offering (IPO) in October 2021.
The company manufactures integrated circuits on wafers designed for markets such as mobility, automotive, computing and wired connectivity, consumer internet of things (IoT) and other industrial applications.
As of 2021, GlobalFoundries is the fourth-largest semiconductor manufacturer; it produces chips for more than 7% of the 86billionsemiconductormanufacturingservicesindustry.ItistheonlyonewithoperationsinSingapore,theEuropeanUnion,andtheUnitedStates:one200mmandone300mmwaferfabricationplantinSingapore;one300mmplantinDresden,Germany;one200mmplantinBurlington,Vermont(whereitisthelargestprivateemployer)andone300mmplantintheStateofNewYork:inMalta.GlobalFoundriesisa"TrustedFoundry"fortheU.S.federalgovernmentandhassimilardesignationsinSingaporeandGermany,includingcertifiedinternationalCommonCriteriastandard(ISO15408,CCVersion3.1).OnOctober28,2021,thecompanysoldsharesinanIPOontheNasdaqstockexchangeatUS47 each, at the higher end of its targeted price range, and raised about US2.6billion.OnOctober7,2008,AMDannounceditplannedtogofablessandspinofftheirsemiconductormanufacturingbusinessintoanewcompanytemporarilycalledTheFoundryCompany.MubadalaannouncedtheirsubsidiaryAdvancedTechnologyInvestmentCompany(ATIC)agreedtopay700 million to increase their stake in AMD's semiconductor manufacturing business to 55.6% (up from 8.1%). Mubadala will invest 314millionfor58millionnewshares,increasingtheirstakeinAMDto19.31.2 billion of AMD's debt will be transferred to The Foundry Company.
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