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GlobalFoundries Inc. reports developments in contract semiconductor manufacturing, including financial results, manufacturing technologies, customer platforms and capital allocation. GF serves automotive, smart mobile devices, IoT, communications infrastructure, AI data-center and other semiconductor markets from a global manufacturing footprint spanning the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Company news includes updates on silicon photonics and co-packaged optics, FDX and AutoPro automotive platforms, embedded non-volatile memory such as eMRAM, share repurchases, dividends, secondary share activity, investor-day strategy and intellectual-property actions tied to its process technologies.
GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ: GFS) announced at its 2026 Investor Day the first-ever quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share, payable July 14, 2026 to holders of record June 24, 2026. The company also unveiled a capital-allocation framework targeting returns of up to 50% of trailing twelve-month adjusted free cash flow to shareholders via dividends and buybacks, alongside a technology roadmap focused on AI-centric markets and expanded profitability.
GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) reported Q1 2026 preliminary results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. Key metrics: revenue $1.634B, gross margin 27.6%, net income $104M and Non-IFRS net income $227M. Guidance: Q2 revenue ~$1.760B ± $25M and Non-IFRS diluted EPS ~$0.43 ± $0.05.
Operational highlights include launch of the SCALE optical module for CPO, expanded multi-billion dollar partnership with Renesas, silicon photonics partnerships, and availability of Auto Grade 1 eMRAM on FDX.
GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) on May 4, 2026 introduced the SCALE optical module solution for co-packaged optics (CPO), billed as the industry’s first OCI MSA-capable platform. SCALE uses GF silicon photonics, supports CWDM and DWDM, and has demonstrated 8λ and 16λ bi-directional DWDM to increase bandwidth density and system scalability.
Key device capabilities include 50Gbps and 100Gbps micro-ring modulators, integrated photodiodes, TSVs, and copper pad pitches from 110μm to sub-45μm to enable 2.5D/3D stacking and volume production readiness.
GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ: GFS) will host a conference call on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss first quarter 2026 financial results, followed by an Investor Day on Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. ET in New York City.
Webcasts, financial results, and registration details are available on GlobalFoundries’ Investor Relations website, and investor inquiries can be directed to ir@gf.com.
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GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) priced a secondary offering of 20,000,000 ordinary shares at $42.00 per share, with a 30‑day underwriter option for an additional 3,000,000 shares. The offering is expected to close on March 13, 2026.
GF will not receive proceeds from the sale by Mubadala’s subsidiary. Concurrently, GF agreed to repurchase $300 million of the Selling Shareholder’s shares as part of a $500 million repurchase authorization, funded with cash on the balance sheet and conditioned on closing of the offering.
GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) announced a public secondary offering of 20,000,000 ordinary shares by Mubadala’s selling subsidiary and a concurrent company-funded $300 million repurchase of the Selling Shareholder’s shares.
GF will not sell shares or receive offering proceeds; the repurchase is part of a $500 million board authorization and is expected to close substantially simultaneously with the offering. J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley are lead book-runners.
GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) announced availability of Auto Grade 1 ready FDX+AutoPro150 eMRAM for prototyping, targeting automotive SoCs. Key specs: proven endurance up to 500k cycles, sub-10 ns read speed, qualified to 150°C. PDK is available via GF Connect; volume production is slated for H2 2026 from Dresden and U.S. sites. The solution emphasizes energy-efficient on-chip integration for MCUs in SDVs and ADAS, and aims to support Physical AI and autonomous systems requiring fast, low-power non-volatile memory.
GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ: GFS) will hold its Investor Day on Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. ET in New York City. The event will include leadership presentations on strategy, growth initiatives, and long-term outlook followed by a Q&A and a live webcast.
A live video webcast and replay will be available on GlobalFoundries’ Investor Relations website with registration details posted online.
GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) and Renesas announced an expanded multi‑billion‑dollar manufacturing partnership to broaden Renesas' access to GF technologies and strengthen semiconductor supply resilience. Tape‑outs under the collaboration are on track to begin in mid‑2026, with initial manufacturing in the U.S. and extension to Germany, Singapore and China.
The agreement covers GF platforms including FDX (FD‑SOI), BCD and CMOS with non‑volatile memory to support Renesas' SoCs, power devices and MCUs, and the companies are considering porting select GF processes into Renesas’ in‑house fabs in Japan.