GLOBALFOUNDRIES CEO Doug Grose to Outline New Model for Innovation

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Written by Chris Tom

Thursday, 01 October 2009 12:18

GLOBALFOUNDRIES CEO Doug Grose to Outline New Model for Innovation in Keynote at GSA Emerging Opportunities Expo and Conference Grose Will Highlight the Critical Need for a New Foundry Business Model to Drive Continued Growth and Innovation in the Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry GSA Emerging Opportunities Expo & Conference 2009 SUNNYVALE, Calif.--As the global market for advanced technology continues its endless march forward, the semiconductor foundry industry needs to embrace a new business model to sustain the current pace of innovation, according to Doug Grose, chief executive officer of GLOBALFOUNDRIES. In an October 1 keynote address at the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Emerging Opportunities Expo & Conference in Santa Clara, Calif., Grose will explore the current approach to semiconductor innovation and how it must evolve and embrace a global model for technology, talent and operations to sustain the leading-edge needs of the world’s largest chip designers. “Whether it’s device convergence in the home or cloud computing in the data center, the next generation of technology will require an unprecedented level of performance, power efficiency and cost-effectiveness to deliver on its full potential,” Grose said. “At the same time, leading-edge process technology is becoming increasingly cost-intensive, and design companies are developing chips with staggering complexity. This confluence of factors is leading us toward a new model where chip design companies must redefine relationships with their manufacturing and technology partners to pool resources in order to capitalize on these inflection points.”

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