Lockheed Martin and GlobalFoundries collaborate on securing advanced chips

U.S.-based defence and aerospace major Lockheed Martin and world's third biggest semiconductor foundry GlobalFoundries (GF) goes for a strategic collaboration for advanced semiconductor manufacturing as well as resilence and security in semiconductor supply chain. The announcement release from GF stated that this collaboration to enable Lockheed Martin to more quickly and affordably produce secure solutions that increase the competitiveness and national security of the United States. This announcement was made at GF’s advanced manufacturing facility in upstate New York in the presence of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, Lockheed Martin Chairman, President and CEO Jim Taiclet and GF President and CEO Dr. Thomas Caulfield. GF said its differentiated technology and trusted manufacturing practices to increase anti-fragility in microelectronics systems and supply chains. The collaboration to push advanced semiconductor manufacturing technologies 3D heterogeneous integration, silicon photonics for low-power and high-speed data transport; and gallium nitride on silicon to help chips work at higher temperatures. Both the companies to also work on developing a chiplet ecosystem to produce chips more rapidly and affordably. "The collaboration between Lockheed Martin and GF directly supports the CHIPS and Science Act’s objectives of increasing traceability, provenanc...