经济不景气，Globalfoundries推迟阿布达比建厂计划

根据业界消息，因为全球经济情势不明，晶圆代工厂 Globalfoundries 已经延迟了原本打算在 2012年动工的阿布达比晶圆厂计划。 在今年5月，传出 Globalfoundries 计划投资60~80亿美元在阿布达比兴建晶圆厂，预计 2012年动土，2015年开始量产；该晶圆代工业者目前在美国纽约州有一座晶圆厂正在兴建中。根据报导，Globalfoundries将在2012年重新评估阿布达比晶圆厂计划。 由 AMD 半导体制造部门独立而出、并收购了特许半导体(Chartered Semiconductor)的 Globalfoundries ，有91%的股份是由阿布达比投资业者 ATIC 所持有。ATIC CEO Ibrahim Ajami在接受阿布达比当地媒体报导时表示：“我们将不会在2012年举行任何动土仪式。” “由于全球经济情势仍然非常不稳定，我们的董事会层级决策认为目前不应该兴建新厂房，但我们会在2012年底之前重新评估相关策略。”Ajami在报导中指出。 Globalfoundries延迟阿布达比晶圆厂计划的此时，该公司最近在技术方面似乎也遇到一些瓶颈，失去其忠实客户 AMD对他们的信心(参考：传AMD将更换代工厂，并变更28nm APU蓝图)而有很多市场分析师预测，2012年半导体产业将因为全球经济情势不明，可能是成长率较低或是零成长的一年。 编译：Judith Cheng 本文授权编译自EE Times，版权所有，谢绝转载 参考英文原文： Globalfoundries' Abu Dhabi wafer fab postponed, says report，by Peter Clarke

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{pagination} 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.