IBM is committed to delivering innovation that matters. IBM and a strategic alliance of semiconductor manufacturing, development and technology companies continue working together to overcome semiconductor design and process technology development challenges that become more complex as technology nodes shrink. Fueled by multidimensional collaborative innovation and ongoing, significant investments in research and development (R&D), IBM continues to deliver tuned-to-the-task semiconductor offerings that are optimized to meet the demands of a connected world.
The Technology Development Alliance of semiconductor leaders IBM, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Samsung Electronics Co. and STMicroelectronics has successfully delivered multiple generations of advanced process technologies, including the breakthrough high-k metal gate (HKMG) solution. Leading-edge R&D work continues at Albany Nanotech and the IBM Semiconductor Research and Development Center, tapping into pioneering advances to help bring a faster, smaller, more cost-efficient and power-efficient generation of semiconductors to the marketplace.

The Common Platform alliance, a collaboration of IBM, Samsung Electronics Co. and GLOBALFOUNDRIES, was formed to help solve today’s complex chip-design and manufacturing challenges. Synchronized fabrication capabilities at globally dispersed facilities offer manufacturing choice and flexibility. The Common Platform alliance provides commercial access to the bulk 90 nm, 65 nm, 45 nm and 32/28 nm advanced process technologies developed by the Technology Development Alliance.
A comprehensive network of design enablement, design services, intellectual property and packaging providers works closely with IBM to develop and deliver semiconductor solutions for applications that span all aspects of the growing Internet of Things. Because these solutions are optimized for IBM and Technology Development Alliance technologies, they can help mitigate risk and reduce development time while adding vital differentiation.
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