GlobalFoundries Inc.

GlobalFoundries Inc. is a multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. Headquartered in Malta, New York, the company's mission is to innovate and collaborate with customers to deliver essential semiconductor solutions globally. GlobalFoundries operates as a pure-play foundry, providing wafer fabrication services without designing its own branded chips. [2, 8, 14, 16, 18, 29, 31]

The company offers a comprehensive range of mainstream wafer fabrication services and technologies, producing integrated circuits for diverse high-growth markets. Key segments include smart mobile devices, automotive, aerospace and defense, consumer Internet of Things (IoT), data centers, and communications infrastructure. Its technology portfolio encompasses Radio Frequency Silicon-on-Insulator (RF SOI), Fin Field-Effect Transistor (FinFET), FDX, Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS), Silicon Germanium (SiGe), Gallium Nitride (GaN), Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD), and Silicon Photonics (SiPh). [2, 7, 8, 11, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22]

GlobalFoundries became publicly traded on NASDAQ under the ticker GFS in October 2021, with Mubadala Investment Company retaining a majority ownership stake. [2, 6, 10] As of 2023, it ranks as the third-largest semiconductor foundry by revenue. [2] The company has strategically shifted its focus towards mature-node and specialty chips, particularly for the automotive and data center sectors, and has benefited from government initiatives like the U.S. CHIPS Act, which provided significant funding for expanding U.S. manufacturing. [18, 22] In January 2026, Tim Breen was appointed as the new CEO. [26, 27]