GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Acquire IBM's Semiconductor Technology Business

2014-10-20 Thread Gabe Goldberg
IBM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced that they have signed a Definitive Agreement under which GLOBALFOUNDRIES plans to acquire IBM's global commercial semiconductor technology business, including intellectual property, world-class technologists and technologies related to IBM Microelectronics

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2014-10-20 Thread John McKown
Thought people here might be interested in the post below from the z/VM forum. -- Forwarded message -- From: Gabe Goldberg Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 8:53 AM Subject: GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Acquire IBM's Semiconductor Technology Business To: ib...@listserv.uark.edu IB

Re: GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Acquire IBM's Semiconductor Technology Business

2014-10-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:53:36 -0400, Gabe Goldberg wrote: >IBM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced that they have signed a Definitive >Agreement under >which GLOBALFOUNDRIES plans to acquire IBM's global commercial semiconductor >technology business, >including intellectual property, world-class

Re: GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Acquire IBM's Semiconductor Technology Business

2014-10-20 Thread Aled Hughes
MAIN Sent: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:01 Subject: Fwd: GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Acquire IBM's Semiconductor Technology Business Thought people here might be interested in the post below from the z/VM forum. -- Forwarded message -- From: Gabe Goldberg Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at

Re: GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Acquire IBM's Semiconductor Technology Business

2014-10-21 Thread Scott Chapman
I guess when you sell a line of business that's losing money, you end up selling for a negative price. Presumably they didn't just shutter it because they want continued access to the production line output without having to go compete with other manufacturers for foundry capacity. Scott ---

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