DOD said Monday its investment under the Defense Production Act Title III is a follow-on to an $8 million contract awarded to the company in 2021 and will give defense and aerospace customers access to 45 nanometer chips.
Under the agreement, GlobalFoundries will transfer its 45nm silicon-on-insulator production technology from a factory in East Fishkill, New York, to another facility in the town of Malta.
The public-private partnership seeks to maintain the supply of chips to the U.S. government’s strategic and critical missions.
Melissa Bischoping, senior director of security and product design research at Tanium, said adopting agentic artificial intelligence and other autonomous…
