GlobalFoundries to make key AI chip component for TSMC in $2 billion deal

Oct 8 (Reuters) - GlobalFoundries ‌on ​Thursday ​said it has reached a $2 billion agreement to make a key ‌component used to link AI processors ⁠and memory chips for TSMC at its New ‌York facility.

Known as a ‌silicon interposer, the component sits beneath processors and memory chips inside advanced AI ​packages and enables them to communicate at high speeds.

• Under the five-year ⁠agreement, GlobalFoundries will expand manufacturing capacity at its Malta, ​New York, facility to produce the components for TSMC

• The Malta facility is ​expected to become the ‌first US-based source of silicon interposers used in advanced chip-packaging ⁠technologies, the company said

• Shares of GlobalFoundries were up about 4% in premarket trading

• ⁠The deal provides a framework for future capacity ​expansion as demand for advanced packaging grows, with volume production expected to begin ramping up in ‌the first half of 2028

• Advanced packaging has become a ‌major constraint on AI chip production, ⁠as demand for ‌the technology exceeds ​available manufacturing capacity

(Reporting by Prathik Jayaprakash in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan ‌Ananda)

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