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[[IBM]] had a [[microelectronics]] division from the 1960s until 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|last=EETimes|date=1996-10-22|title=EETimes - Enhanced DRAM Production Begins At IBM Microelectronics|url=https://www.eetimes.com/enhanced-dram-production-begins-at-ibm-microelectronics/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=EETimes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Journal|first=Craig Wolf, Poughkeepsie|title=It's Day One as GlobalFoundries for ex-IBM plant|url=https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/money/2015/06/30/impacts-plentiful-ibm-globalfoundries-deal/29516915/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=Poughkeepsie Journal|language=en-US}}</ref>
== History ==
In 2002, IBM has cut 1500 jobs in their microelectronics division.<ref>{{cite web|title=IBM cuts more jobs, sets charge|url=https://money.cnn.com/2002/06/04/technology/ibm/index.htm|url-status=live|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>
== Sale ==
In February 2014, a source familiar with the matter has said to [[The Wall Street Journal]] that IBM was looking to sell their Microelectronics subsidiary. Analyst Toni Sacconaghi has stated that IBM has manufactured fewer chips for their own products and external customers. Sony and Microsoft have switched from IBM to chips from [[AMD]] for their videoconsoles, although they still made them for the [[Wii]] series as of 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=IBM Looking to Sell Chip Manufacturing Operations|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303496804579367710245657016|url-status=live|website=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Brodkin|first=Jon|date=2014-10-20|title=Struggling IBM pays $1.5 billion to dump its chipmaking business|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/struggling-ibm-pays-1-5-billion-to-dump-its-chipmaking-business/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bertrand Marotte|date=2014-10-20|title=IBM plant in Quebec not part of semiconductor divestiture|language=en-CA|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ibm-plant-in-quebec-not-part-of-semiconductor-divestiture/article21161118/|access-date=2021-12-18}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reflections-transfer-ibm-microelectronics-global-foundries-pickup Reflections on the transfer of IBM Microelectronics to Global Foundries]
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