GlobalFoundries announced a strategic partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission as an industry partner. The agreement provides Genesis Mission researchers including those from National Laboratories, universities, industry partners, and startups access to GlobalFoundries’ U.S. manufacturing platform and design enablement resources. This creates a direct path from AI-enabled chip design to working prototype silicon. GF Labs, the company’s frontier research and development organization, will lead the collaboration.
The partnership aims to bridge the gap from research to prototype for next-generation computing initiatives by combining AI-enabled semiconductor design with GlobalFoundries’ manufacturing capabilities.
“American science is generating extraordinary ideas in AI and advanced computing. What’s been missing is the bridge from lab to fab,” said Tom Caulfield, executive chairman of GlobalFoundries. “By bringing our U.S. manufacturing platform, our PDKs and our multi-project wafer program to the Genesis Mission, we can give researchers a real path from concept to working silicon and help the National Labs, universities and industry pull in the same direction.”
Areas of collaboration include:
- AI-enabled semiconductor design
- Access to GF technology platforms, including process design kits (PDKs), device models, and design enablement resources for Genesis Mission-supported research teams
- Prototype fabrication through GF’s multi-project wafer program
- Support for the translation of research outputs into functional prototypes and pre-commercial designs
- Advancement of next-generation technologies, including silicon photonics for data centers and quantum computing for quantum-systems discovery
The partnership supports progress in AI and advanced computing by connecting research concepts to manufacturable devices.
