According to some data , GlobalFoundries company has started shipping to customers first chips made using the 14-nm process technology.
GlobalFoundries representatives stated that prototypes 14-nm products coming out of the walls of the American company's laboratory in 2014, now for the release of the first mass-produced copies of a variety of process technology is used for products with low power consumption - the so-called 14LPE. Level yield products advanced product tens of percent. Bulk supply of 14-nm products company deploys this year. Production is concentrated on the Fab 8 in New York State.
It should be remembered that within the 14-nm process technology GlobalFoundries is working closely with Samsung, which acted as technological donor. Accordingly, orders for the production of 14-nm products on GlobalFoundries facilities can accommodate not only AMD and Samsung, but also Apple. AMD representatives recently admitted that the company is in the development of several 14-nm products. However, it should be understood that at this stage GlobalFoundries mastered version of the 14-nm process technology, suitable only for the release of mobile processors and relatively simple circuits. Sophisticated and efficient products such as discrete graphics processors on 14-nm technology GlobalFoundries can not yet produce, although we know that some graphic solutions company already produces commissioned by AMD.