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GlobalFoundries Returns to Advanced-Node Race With 7 nm-Class FDX Fusion

October 12

Back in the now distant 2018, the semiconductor industry had three major players in contract leading-edge node manufacturing: TSMC, Samsung, and GlobalFoundries.

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