GlobalFoundries

Intel might buy GlobalFoundries, signaling the company's efforts to make more chips for other tech companies. Back in March, Intel signaled its intent to become a manufacturer of chips for other companies. Now, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, the company is considering a possible acquisition of GlobalFoundries as a way to accelerate...

Digitimes reports that, according to Taiwanese sources, Samsung Electronics and Globalfoundries have been contracted by Apple to manufacture the A9 processors using the 14nm process, with mass production due to commence sometime next year. The 14nm products will be rolled out from Samsung's Fab 8 in New York, said the sources, adding that Fab 8...

To further strengthen their business relationship, Samsung and Globalfoundries announced that they have agreed to adopt the same chip production process as they upgrade their manufacturing services (via the Wall Street Journal). They will sync their fabs so that, regardless of whether Apple goes to Samsung or Globalfoundries, it will receive essentially identical chips. The...

Corroborating earlier rumours claiming that GlobalFoundries could start manufacturing Apple's A-series chips, the Times Union reports (via MacRumors) that the former is making preparations to make chips for iDevices at its Malta, New York-based Fab 8. It turns out, Samsung will help GlobalFoundries to kick off production: Apple brings the magic, Samsung the recipe, and...