Globalfoundries aims to grab 30%
According to IC Insight's recent foundry market share
report, TSMC still dominates the market with a 52 percent share.
TSMC managed to ship $8,989 million worth of silicon and it's trailed
by UMC, with sales of $2,815. Chartered reported sales of $1,514
million, while its parent company Globalfoundries shipped $1,101
million.
Combined, Globalfoundries and Chartered account for around 15 percent
of the market. However, Globalfoundries plans to boost its market share
to 30 percent over the next two to three years. According to ATIC CEO
Ibrahim Ajami, Globalfoundries plans to ship a total of $5 billion
within three years.
Analysts believe Globalfoundries' market share targets are very
aggressive, but with a seamlessly endless supply of ATIC funding, the
company might just pull it off.
Interestingly, Ajami claims ATIC has no plans to buy the rest of
Globalfoundries and that it won't seek to acquire other foundries, such
as UMC or Hynix.
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