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GlobalFoundries is building a $4.2 billion chip fab in N.Y., about 15 miles north of Albany, in the . Kupec is the formetr presidentof ’s U.S. subsidiary in Calif, where AMD (NYS: AMD) also is located. UMC designw semiconductors for the electronics Most recently, Kupec was chief operating officer of , a semiconductot company that is also headquartered in Sunnyvale. Before cominfg to eSilicon, Kupec spent 15 years in various positiones with ofSan Jose, Calif. Doug Grose, CEO of said Kupec was tapped because of his extensivefoundrh experience. “We recognize that in the foundryh business the customer experience is the keyto success,” Gross said.
“We want to becomer a seamless extension ofour environments, providing secure capacity, advanced technolog and world-class support through global operationsw that they come to view as their own.” GlobalFoundriesa will also operate AMD’s two former foundries in Germany. Ground-clearing for the Maltaq plant is scheduled to start in acoupls weeks. Construction is expectedd to employ 1,500 people over an 18-mont period. More than 1,400 permanenrt jobs will be createsd by the time the plant is fully operationaplin 2014.
Earlier this the company named threeother executives, including Brucew McDougall as chief financial Alexie Lee and vice president and general and Jim Doran as senior vice president and genera l manager of Fab 1, the company’s manufacturinhg facility in Dresden. Former AMD CEO Hectot Ruiz is the company’s chairman of the board. The company’sw first local employee was John Blowers, a Burnt Hills, resident who was hired in February as seniof manager of human resources serviceaand solutions. His office is locatedr in the ’s Saratogza Technology + Energy Park in Malta. Before comingh to GlobalFoundries, Blowers worked for Co.
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