When Artemis II lifted astronauts beyond Low Earth Orbit for the first time in more than 50 years, it marked another milestone in human exploration. But missions like these are only possible because of electronics that perform flawlessly in one of the most unforgiving environments imaginable. Navigation, communication and life-support systems for modern spaceflight all…
The defining challenge in advanced semiconductor innovation today is aligning breakthrough ideas with the realities of manufacturing as early as possible. As architecture becomes more interdisciplinary and system‑driven, early technical decisions increasingly shape what can ultimately be built, produced and sustained over time. When manufacturability, yield and system level integration are addressed late, options quickly…
AI infrastructure is scaling simultaneously within the rack, across the data center and between data center campuses. That multidimensional growth is redefining the industry’s core challenge. The constraint is no longer compute alone, but the speed, efficiency and reliability of data movement at scale. As AI workloads grow more distributed and bandwidth-intensive, the industry is…
Imagine a world where semiconductor manufacturing operations extend beyond the physical boundaries of the wafer fabrication plant (“fab”). A world where engineering support, data analytics and process optimization teams are seamlessly working 24/7 across time zones and locations, delivering speed and efficiency to customers. That’s the idea behind GlobalFoundries’ Global Fab Engineering Services (GFES), a…
Every day, GF teams run some of the most complex manufacturing environments in the world. That work takes energy, water and specialty materials. And it takes constant attention to how those resources are used. At GF, sustainability is not separate from manufacturing. It is part of how we operate our manufacturing sites, how we make…
Silicon photonics didn’t become a manufacturing reality overnight, and few people have shaped that journey as directly as Dr. Yusheng Bian. Recently named an Optica Fellow for transformative contributions to silicon photonics, Bian has spent almost a decade at GF advancing the innovations that underpin scalable, high‑volume CMOS platforms. Following his recognition as an Optica…
Quantum computing is no longer science fiction confined to the lab. It is a new computing paradigm with the potential to solve problems beyond the reach of classical systems. From simulating complex molecules for new drugs to discovering new materials, quantum computers will transform entire industries. But building quantum computers at scale requires more than…
This article was originally published on EDN and is republished here with permission. Read the original article on EDN. The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across consumer and commercial markets is driving unprecedented investment in high-performance computing and networking. As AI models scale and proliferate across diverse applications, demand for compute power keeps rising.…
As cloud infrastructure scales and AI workloads accelerate, data centers face unprecedented demand to deliver dramatically higher bandwidth with greater energy efficiency. While compute performance rapidly advances, the system bottleneck has shifted to the optical interconnects and transceivers that link these systems together. Achieving longer reach, higher bandwidth density and lower energy per bit now…
How GlobalFoundries and MIPS enables “sense–think–act–communicate” architectures for radar, SATCOM, and electromagnetic advantage. Defense RF platforms are evolving from “sense-and-stream” architectures to “sense–think–act–communicate” Physical AI architectures where inference and control occur as close to the antenna as possible to shorten decision loops and improve performance in contested environments. This shift is driven by rapidly increasing…