[Beowulf] IBM paying GlobalFoundries to take their CPU business

[Douglas Eadline]

> On 21/10/14 08:11, Douglas Eadline wrote:
>
>> Which means to me, $1.5bn is far less than they would spend over
>> the next 5-10 years running a FAB. And, I'm sure they
>> get a special parking spot out front for when they need
>> to make wafers. (i.e. there is more to the deal than the $1.5bn dowry)
>
> My cynical mind says it's the price of making sure that GF keep on
> making Power for the 10 years that IBM has said they'll keep buying it.

Well yea, like an investment, but it may look better as a loss
when they file taxes.

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Doug

>
> But I've not yet finished my first coffee of the day here. :-)
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