GlobalFoundries to take Infineon flash to 40nm for MCUs

Globalfoundries will port Infineon Technologies’ flash technology to a version of the 40nm processes offered by the foundry to support its manufacture of Infineon’s automotive and security microcontrollers (MCUs).

Production of the next generation 40nm eFlash MCUs will take place at different Globalfoundries sites, initially in Singapore with subsequent transfer to its site in Dresden, Germany.

“Next generation embedded flash microcontrollers with 40nm process structures will further enhance our competitive strength in the automotive, industrial as well as chip card and security markets,” claimed Arunjai Mittal, member of Infineon’s management board. “We trust in Globalfoundries with their excellent manufacturing background and sites on different continents to fulfill Infineon’s stringent quality, infrastructure security and business continuity requirements.”

Ajit Manocha, CEO of Globalfoundries, added: “We are committed to providing leading-edge technology and manufacturing capabilities required to support Infineon’s business. We are looking forward to a long-term collaboration with Infineon and to contribute to their success in a very dynamic industry.”

Process and product qualification for security microcontrollers is planned for the second half of 2015. Automotive microcontroller production start is scheduled for the first half of 2017.

Infineon and Globalfoundries have a longstanding relationship in development and manufacturing, including joint development and manufacturing of CMOS-based low-power mobile phone products.