GlobalFoundries Wins $300M US Grant for AI Chip Photonics
The U.S. Commerce Department is giving GlobalFoundries up to $300 million to build optical links for AI chips, part of an $874 million CHIPS push across seven firms.
Read more →GlobalFoundries is a major US-based semiconductor foundry, manufacturing specialty and mature-node chips for automotive, communications, and IoT applications rather than the most advanced AI accelerators. Spun off from AMD in 2009, it has become a strategic asset in US efforts to build domestic chip manufacturing capacity under the CHIPS Act. This hub tracks GlobalFoundries’ capacity, partnerships, and role in the broader AI hardware supply chain.
The U.S. Commerce Department is giving GlobalFoundries up to $300 million to build optical links for AI chips, part of an $874 million CHIPS push across seven firms.
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