Monday, March 5, 2012

Abu Dhabi gets full ownership of chip manufacturer

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ? A microchip manufacturer controlled by the Abu Dhabi government says it has reached an agreement to acquire a minority stake held by former owner Advanced Micro Devices.

The chip company, Milpitas, Calif.-based GlobalFoundries, said Monday that it would acquire AMD's share but retain the producer as a key customer.

GlobalFoundries said that the deal fulfills its ambition of becoming an independent foundry. A foundry typically manufacturers chips made to order for microchip producers such as AMD.

Financial details weren't immediately available.

GlobalFoundries was founded as a spin-off of AMD in 2009. Abu Dhabi's government-owned Advanced Technology Investment Company took a majority stake following the separation.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/495d344a0d10421e9baa8ee77029cfbd/Article_2012-03-05-ML-Abu-Dhabi-GlobalFoundries/id-a12b26e0a6d64f8bb847768950445689

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