ARM® (LSE:ARM) (Nasdaq:ARMH) and GLOBALFOUNDRIES®
today announces a long-term strategic relationship to provide their mutual customers
with an innovative SoC enablement program. To support the long-term relationship,
GLOBALFOUNDRIES and ARM have signed a broad agreement on processor implementation
and circuit optimization to provide mutual customers with a robust enablement
program geared towards next-generation applications.
The SoC enablement program, built around a full suite of ARM Physical IP, Fabric
IP and Processor IP, will deliver customers unparalleled design flexibility
on GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ most advanced HKMG semiconductor manufacturing capabilities.
The collaborative efforts of the partnership will initially focus on enabling
SoC products which use the low power and high performance ARM Cortex™
-A9 processor on GLOBALFOUNDRIES 28nm HKMG process. The characteristics of GLOBALFOUNDRIES
28nm “Gate First” HKMG technology is optimized for high performance
processing with minimal leakage making it an ideal choice for advanced mobile
solutions.
“This announcement reflects our business value and strategy of providing
best in class processor implementation by marrying our own processor and physical
IP with world class manufacturing semiconductor technology,” said Warren
East, chief executive officer, ARM. “This collaboration with GLOBALFOUNDRIES
and their commitment to delivering leading edge technology makes them an ideal
partner to accelerate the adoption of ARM processor based technology at 28nm.”
“This relationship further advances our strong focus to partner with
industry leaders in processor design to deliver manufacturing and technology
excellence at the leading edge,” said Doug Grose, chief executive officer,
GLOBALFOUNDRIES. “This highly complementary partnership leverages ARM’s
architectural leadership along with GLOBALFOUNDRIES advanced technology to enable
the deployment of 28nm SoC designs with exceptional performance for next-generation
consumer devices.”