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==2015 sale to GlobalFoundries==

Following a year of discussion,<ref>{{cite web|title=IBM Looking to Sell Chip Manufacturing Operations|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303496804579367710245657016|website=The Wall Street Journal|date=February 7, 2014 |publisher=Dow Jones & Company |last1=Clark |first1=Don |last2=Ante |first2=Spencer E. }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Brodkin|first=Jon|date=October 20, 2014|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=December 18, 2021|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us}}</ref> in 2015, IBM divested its entire Microelectronics Division, now only comprising the East Fishkill and BurlingtonEssex Junction facilities, to [[GlobalFoundries]]—itself a spin-off of once long-time rival [[AMD]]. As part of the deal, IBM paid GlobalFoundries $1.5&nbsp;billion in exchange for the latter supplying IBM with high semiconductor technology for the next decade.<ref name=poughkeepsiejournal2015 /><ref name=mynbc5 /> The Quebec plant remained unaffected by the deal, having been placed under IBM's Canadian subsidiary.<ref name=quebec />

In 2019, [[Marvell Technology|Marvell]] acquired Avera Semiconductor from GlobalFoundries, that was previously part of IBM Microelectronics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frumusanu |first=Andrei |title=Marvell Unveils its Comprehensive Custom ASIC Offering |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/15931/marvell-unveils-its-comprehensive-custom-asic-offering |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728013445/https://www.anandtech.com/show/15931/marvell-unveils-its-comprehensive-custom-asic-offering |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=www.anandtech.com}}</ref>