據(jù)路透社報(bào)導(dǎo)，隸屬阿布達(dá)比官方Mubadala投資基金旗下的Advanced Technology Investment Co. (ATIC)，過(guò)去兩年來(lái)都呈現(xiàn)虧損狀態(tài)，且截至2011年底，累積赤字已達(dá)到11.2億美元。
路透社報(bào)導(dǎo)指出，Mubadala在一份文件中表示，并不能確保ATIC在2012年是接下來(lái)的年度就能夠獲利。
ATIC是GlobalFoundries Inc.的母公司。這家晶圓代工廠是由超微(AMD) 的芯片制造部門獨(dú)立而出，去年，AMD與Globalfoundries正式分道揚(yáng)鑣，AMD除了放棄手上擁有的Globalfoundries股權(quán)外， 也另尋28nm合作伙伴，從而讓ATIC成為這家的晶圓代工廠的唯一擁有者。在此之前，AMD和GlobalFoundries曾簽署晶圓供應(yīng)協(xié)議，依照 協(xié)議，AMD的28nm芯片必須由GlobalFoundries供應(yīng)。
除了Globalfoundries，ATIC也投資了低功耗服務(wù)器芯片開發(fā)商Calxeda。
在歷經(jīng)與AMD的
晶圓供應(yīng)協(xié)議變更之后，Globalfoundries并未報(bào)告其財(cái)務(wù)狀況。AMD表示，去年Globalfoundries的32nm制程良率問(wèn)題已經(jīng)對(duì)AMD的銷售造成嚴(yán)重影響。
許多業(yè)界觀察家們都認(rèn)為，與AMD新簽署的供應(yīng)協(xié)議對(duì)Globalfoundries而言無(wú)異是一大打擊。然而，AMD表示，盡管已經(jīng)修改了晶圓供應(yīng)協(xié)議， 但該公司預(yù)計(jì)2012年在Globalfoundries投產(chǎn)的晶圓數(shù)量將高于2011年。也有人認(rèn)為，與AMD分手對(duì)Globalfoundries反而是好事，因?yàn)檫@將掃除部份客戶對(duì)于過(guò)去Globalfoundries和AMD之間關(guān)系的疑慮。Globalfoundries計(jì)劃今年稍晚擴(kuò)增其紐約 Fab 8廠的產(chǎn)能。
編譯： Joy Teng
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參考英文原文： Report: Abu Dhabi's chip unit still in the red ，by Dylan McGrath
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Report: Abu Dhabi's chip unit still in the red
Dylan McGrath
SAN FRANCISCO—Advanced Technology Investment Co. (ATIC), the semiconductor unit of the Abu Dhabi government's Mubadala investment fund, lost money in each of the last two years and has accumulated a deficit that stood at about $1.12 billion at the end of 2011, according to a report by the Reuters news service that cited a regulatory filing.
In the filing, Mubadala said there can be no assurance that ATIC will be profitable in 2012 or subsequent years, according to the Reuters report.
ATIC is the parent company of Globalfoundries Inc. The firm became the sole owner of the former chip manufacturing unit of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) last year, when AMD gave up its remaining stake in Globalfoundries in exchange for the right to have 28-nm products built by other foundries. Previously a clause in the wafer supply agreement between AMD and Globalfoundries required that AMD have certain 28-nm chips built by Globalfoundries.
In addition to Globalfoundries, ATIC is also one of several investors in Calxeda, a developer of low power server chips.
Globalfoundries, which does not report financial results, agreed to amend the wafer supply agreement with AMD after a tumultuous period in the relationship between the two companies. AMD said last year that low yields on 32-nm products built by Globalfoundries hurt AMD's sales.
Many observers interpreted the new supply agreement with AMD as a blow to Globalfoundries. However, AMD has said that, despite the amended wafer supply agreement, it expects to spend more on wafers with Globalfoundries in 2012 than it did in 2011. Others have speculated that the decoupling from AMD will enable Globalfoundries to land deals with customers who were previously wary of doing business with a foundry partially owned by a competitor.
Globalfoundries plans to significantly increase its production capacity later this year when its Fab 8 in upstate New York ramps to volume production. U.S. President Barack Obama was to have visited Fab 8 Tuesday (May 8), but the visit was moved to the nearby CNSE NanoTech Complex at the State University of New York in Albany for what the White House termed "logistical reasons."
