GlobalFoundries Unveils 7nm-Class FDX Fusion Node

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GlobalFoundries unveiled its 7nm-class FDX Fusion node, returning to advanced FD-SOI development seven years after abandoning FinFET. Production is planned for 2028. The move revives the company's push in fully depleted silicon-on-insulator technology, a niche it had concentrated on after exiting leading-edge FinFET competition. The new node could offer chip designers an alternative path for low-power, radio-frequency and embedded applications where FD-SOI has advantages, at a time when demand for differentiated process options is growing alongside AI and edge computing.

Why it matters：GlobalFoundries returning to advanced FD-SOI gives chip designers a differentiated process option at 7nm-class, testing whether FD-SOI can win designs in low-power and edge markets.

Key points

  • The 7nm-class FDX Fusion node comes seven years after GlobalFoundries abandoned FinFET
  • Production is planned for 2028
  • It revives the company's advanced FD-SOI development

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