GlobalFoundries 2012 Update!

What's new with Glofo? Quite a bit actually. It was interesting to see a Made in America: Global Companies Expand in U.S. Towns segment on semiconductors! Give it a look, I enjoyed it. It's an election year, jobs are key to any election, so it did not surprise me to see President Obama making the rounds:

In coordination with The White House, GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced it will help host a visit by President Barack Obama to New York’s Capital Region on Tuesday, May 8, 2012......

“The President’s visit highlights the success of this region to create new public-private economic development initiatives. We’re proud of the role we are playing as a leading semiconductor manufacturer, investing in the new R&D and manufacturing operations now driving innovation, creating new jobs, and increasing economic opportunities throughout the Capital Region,” said Ajit Manocha, CEO, GLOBALFOUNDRIES. “On behalf of our more than 12,000 employees worldwide, and our more than 1,500 employees in New York, I thank President Obama and leaders in this region for recognizing the impact our investments are making to create new jobs and develop upstate New York as a premier hub for the global economy.

If you really want to understand GlobalFoundries read the book"The Little Engine that Could" which highlights optimism, motivation, hard work, and the American dream. One of my favorites as a child. I read it to my children and I hope to read it to my grandchildren.

DAC 2012 is coming June 3-7 (my 29th DAC) and I’m happy to say GlobalFoundries will be there once again. They always put on a great show and this year there is an impressive list of technical seminars:

June, 2012
4	Mon	9am - 10am	Cadence Seminar: Topic TBD
		10am - 11am	FoundryView Customer Testing
		10am - 11am	GLOBALFOUNDRIES Seminar: PDKs for Advanced Process Nodes
		11am - 12pm	FoundryView Customer Testing
		11am - 12pm	ARM Seminar: A9 POP ON GLOBALFOUNDRIES 28SLP
		12pm - 1pm	GLOBALFOUNDRIES Seminar: Production AMS Design Flow Update
		1pm - 2pm	Catena Seminar: WiFi RF Solutions and Platform Development on GLOBALFOUNDRIES Low Power Processes
		2pm - 3pm	FoundryView Customer Testing
		2pm - 3pm	Mentor Seminar: GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Mentor Calibre--Getting to Silicon Faster
		3pm - 4pm	FoundryView Customer Testing
		3pm - 4pm	GLOBALFOUNDRIES Seminar: Beyond 28nm: New Frontiers and Innovations in Design For Manufacturability at the Limits of the Scaling Roadmap
		4pm - 5pm	Synopsys Seminar: Topic TBD
		5pm - 6pm	GLOBALFOUNDRIES Seminar: 28nm and the Runway to 20nm
5	Tue	10am - 11am	FoundryView Customer Testing
		10am - 11am	Synopsys Seminar: Topic TBD
		11am - 12pm	FoundryView Customer Testing
		11am - 12pm	GLOBALFOUNDRIES Seminar: PDKs for Advanced Process Nodes
		12pm - 1pm	ChipEstimate Seminar: Topic TBD
		1pm - 2pm	Seminar TBD
		2pm - 3pm	FoundryView Customer Testing
		2pm - 3pm	GLOBALFOUNDRIES Seminar: Beyond 28nm: New Frontiers and Innovations in Design For Manufacturability at the Limits of the Scaling Roadmap
		3pm - 4pm	FoundryView Customer Testing
		3pm - 4pm	Cadence Seminar: Topic TBD
		4pm - 5pm	GLOBALFOUNDRIES Seminar: Design Enablement: Digital Sign-Off Flow Update
		5pm - 6pm	GLOBALFOUNDRIES Seminar: RF CMOS for Wireless Applications
6	Wed	9am - 10am	Mentor Seminar: GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Mentor Calibre--Getting to Silicon Faster
		10am - 11am	FoundryView Customer Testing
		10am - 11am	GLOBALFOUNDRIES Seminar: Beyond 28nm: New Frontiers and Innovations in Design For Manufacturability at the Limits of the Scaling Roadmap
		11am - 12pm	FoundryView Customer Testing
		12pm - 1pm	ARM Seminar: Topic TBD
		1pm - 2pm	Synopsys Seminar: Topic TBD
		2pm - 3pm	FoundryView Customer Testing
		2pm - 3pm	Cadence Seminar: Topic TBD
		3pm - 4pm	FoundryView Customer Testing
		3pm - 4pm	GLOBALFOUNDRIES Seminar: PDKs for Advanced Process Nodes

Next year DAC is in Austin Texas so take advantage of the great San Francisco location, get out and collaborate. The semiconductor ecosystem depends on it. I hope to see you all there!