根據(jù)業(yè)界消息，因?yàn)槿蚪?jīng)濟(jì)情勢(shì)不明，晶圓代工廠 Globalfoundries 已經(jīng)延遲了原本打算在 2012年動(dòng)工的阿布達(dá)比晶圓廠計(jì)劃。
在今年5月，傳出 Globalfoundries 計(jì)劃投資60~80億美元在阿布達(dá)比興建晶圓廠，預(yù)計(jì) 2012年動(dòng)土，2015年開(kāi)始量產(chǎn)；該晶圓代工業(yè)者目前在美國(guó)紐約州有一座晶圓廠正在興建中。根據(jù)報(bào)導(dǎo)，Globalfoundries將在2012年重新評(píng)估阿布達(dá)比晶圓廠計(jì)劃。
由 AMD 半導(dǎo)體制造部門(mén)獨(dú)立而出、并收購(gòu)了特許半導(dǎo)體(Chartered Semiconductor)的 Globalfoundries ，有91%的股份是由阿布達(dá)比投資業(yè)者 ATIC 所持有。ATIC CEO Ibrahim Ajami在接受阿布達(dá)比當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w報(bào)導(dǎo)時(shí)表示：“我們將不會(huì)在2012年舉行任何動(dòng)土儀式。”
“由于全球經(jīng)濟(jì)情勢(shì)仍然非常不穩(wěn)定，我們的董事會(huì)層級(jí)決策認(rèn)為目前不應(yīng)該興建新廠房，但我們會(huì)在2012年底之前重新評(píng)估相關(guān)策略。”Ajami在報(bào)導(dǎo)中指出。
Globalfoundries延遲阿布達(dá)比晶圓廠計(jì)劃的此時(shí)，該公司最近在技術(shù)方面似乎也遇到一些瓶頸，失去其忠實(shí)客戶 AMD對(duì)他們的信心(參考：
傳AMD將更換代工廠，并變更28nm APU藍(lán)圖)而有很多市場(chǎng)分析師預(yù)測(cè)，2012年半導(dǎo)體產(chǎn)業(yè)將因?yàn)槿蚪?jīng)濟(jì)情勢(shì)不明，可能是成長(zhǎng)率較低或是零成長(zhǎng)的一年。
編譯：Judith Cheng
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參考英文原文： Globalfoundries' Abu Dhabi wafer fab postponed, says report，by Peter Clarke
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Globalfoundries' Abu Dhabi wafer fab postponed, says report
Peter Clarke
LONDON – Chip foundry Globalfoundries Inc. has postponed plans to start building a wafer fab in Abu Dhabi in 2012, due to uncertain global economic conditions, according to a local newspaper report.
Back in May 2011 it was reported that Globalfoundries (Milpitas, Calif.) was planning to spend between $6 billion and $8 billion building a wafer fab in Abu Dhabi with groundbreaking to take place in 2012 and chip production scheduled to start in 2015. Meanwhile the foundry is constructing a wafer fab in Malta, Saratoga County, New York. That plan has been put on hold with a re-assessment to come some time in 2012, the report said.
Globalfoundries was formed by the spin-off of manufacturing facilities belonging to processor company Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and the acquisition of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. This provided Globalfoundries with close to leading-edge production facilities in Dresden, Germany and Singapore. The money for the purchases came from Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC), a sovereign wealth fund owned by the government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and Globalfoundries is 91 percent owned by ATIC.
"We will not be engaging in any ground breaking in Abu Dhabi in 2012," a recent National report quoted Ibrahim Ajami, CEO of ATIC, as saying. The National is an Abu Dhabi English-language newspaper.
"Against the backdrop of a global economy still very volatile, we took a decision from a board level that we should not have another facility right now, but we should assess what happens before the end of 2012 on our growth strategy," the report also quoted Ajami as saying.
The postponement of what had been ambitious capital expenditure plans come at a time when Globalfoundries is also struggling on a technical front and appears to be losing the confidence of its anchor customer AMD (see Reports: AMD cancels Globalfoundries 28-nm APUs and Opinion: AMD roadmap change helps TSMC?)
Many market analysts are predicting that 2012 will be a low- or no-growth year for the semiconductor market due to global economic uncertainty.
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