At present, due to the increase in Sino-US trade friction and the corresponding US ban, Chinese technology companies represented by Huawei have to start to rebuild the supply chain of chip foundry. Therefore, a series of manufacturers such as TSMC and Samsung have to look for outside China. new customer.

Recently, foreign media revealed that Globalfoundries, which abandoned 7nm research and development and closed its Chengdu plant, continues to research and develop 14nm, and focuses on the European and American markets. Its Dresden plant in Germany is expanding, and Samsung is expanding its plant. The player behind the money.

Samsung provided Globalfoundries with funding for the expansion of its plant in Germany. It is generally believed that it wants to expand the European market and find new customers through this method.

It is understood that Dresden, Germany has a large number of scientific research institutions and higher education institutions, with strong teachers, close school-enterprise integration, and outstanding professional advantages in machinery, electronics, and engineering. As Dresden has many employees with skilled business capabilities, many fabs and other manufacturers have established factories in Dresden, Globalfoundries' fab1 factory in Germany, Infineon's wafer factory and Volkswagen The world’s only fully transparent automotive factory is located in Dresden.

Globalfoundries' Dresden plant in Germany is exactly the fab1 plant. One of the indicators of its expansion is the power supply configuration, which is transformed from 63MW to 100MW, which is an increase of 58%.

Earlier, Globalfoundries announced that its most advanced FinFET process technology, 12LP+, has been completed and is ready for production. Compared with 12LP, 12LP+ has increased performance by 20% and reduced scale area by 10%.