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But some research and process collaboration is set to continue in the background as Samsung, GlobalFoundries and IBM chart their own priorities.

GlobalFoundries has signed deals to let the foundry offer power-saving clocks, a massively parallel floating-point processor and interface IP from Rambus. They are "uncommon solutions" to come from a foundry, the company claims.

GlobalFoundries and Samsung described how they are readying finFETs for production at CPTF 2013 and how the 28nm processes will have a long shelf life.