Am I overly cynical for thinking that "The contract maker of semiconductors claims that the transfer of photomask operations from the fab will have no impact on jobs and it will not fire any personnel." means that while GF won't be firing anyone directly, the staff xfered to Toppan will either: Have their seniority reset to 0 making them more cheaply and easily sackable in the near future. Have their pay/benefits slashed to encourage them to quit, completely avoiding any severance expenses. Or both.
Nothing even close, but I've read way to many articles about the sort of damage those sort of pointyhairs can do.
I've also seen the xfer and slash pay/benefits thing in action at a prior employer who shoved the technical staff of a few projects that had labor costs above what the customer was willing to accept onto a low cost subsidiary. The plan blew up in the satisfactory fashion that everyone other than the idiots who came up with the idea foresaw: About half the designated victims declined the offer and were laid off with all their accumulated severance instead. The other half only agreed because they didn't want to risk not finding new jobs before their severance ran out; but all ended up leaving in a few months. At that point the projects were all dead in the water with no workers on them at all.
PS if I was from McKinsey it wouldn't be my cynicism suggesting the idea, but my supreme self-assurance about how doing so would be a brilliant idea with a bonus big enough to buy me a new yacht attached.
He's the biggest Intel shill on this side of the interwebs. What he realizes or doesn't realize is irrelevant, anything that gets in the way of shilling for team blue gets tossed out. He is unintentionally hilarious though.
I get this feeling AMD's reworked contract with GloFlo doesn't have anything that forces any use of GloFlo in 2020. It seems they are prepping for the large drop once AMD is 100% on TSMC.
I wouldn't be surprised if they start fabbing some parts at Samsung as well, considering their new licensing agreements. TSMC's 7nm must be getting pretty crowded.
It's remarkable how unremarkable the typical Shrills at AT comment before engaging their brains.
Toppan has partnered with IBM-GloFo for 15+ years back to 65nm. Selling-off old IP in photomask operations is a yawner. They likely worked together in the first applications of immersion lithography.
Those Cell processors in 2003 were the bomb, huh? (rolling eyes)
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DanNeely - Thursday, August 15, 2019 - link
Am I overly cynical for thinking that "The contract maker of semiconductors claims that the transfer of photomask operations from the fab will have no impact on jobs and it will not fire any personnel." means that while GF won't be firing anyone directly, the staff xfered to Toppan will either: Have their seniority reset to 0 making them more cheaply and easily sackable in the near future. Have their pay/benefits slashed to encourage them to quit, completely avoiding any severance expenses. Or both.Cullinaire - Thursday, August 15, 2019 - link
All your comment tells new is that you are prime senior management material. Take that as you will. :dyelped - Thursday, August 15, 2019 - link
That must be one of the funniest comments I read in a while.FunBunny2 - Thursday, August 15, 2019 - link
He's clearly a McKinsey graduate.DanNeely - Thursday, August 15, 2019 - link
Nothing even close, but I've read way to many articles about the sort of damage those sort of pointyhairs can do.I've also seen the xfer and slash pay/benefits thing in action at a prior employer who shoved the technical staff of a few projects that had labor costs above what the customer was willing to accept onto a low cost subsidiary. The plan blew up in the satisfactory fashion that everyone other than the idiots who came up with the idea foresaw: About half the designated victims declined the offer and were laid off with all their accumulated severance instead. The other half only agreed because they didn't want to risk not finding new jobs before their severance ran out; but all ended up leaving in a few months. At that point the projects were all dead in the water with no workers on them at all.
DanNeely - Thursday, August 15, 2019 - link
PS if I was from McKinsey it wouldn't be my cynicism suggesting the idea, but my supreme self-assurance about how doing so would be a brilliant idea with a bonus big enough to buy me a new yacht attached.s.yu - Thursday, August 15, 2019 - link
Everything is "Advanced", AMD heritage huh ;)Phynaz - Thursday, August 15, 2019 - link
AMD heritage: selling off everything you own until there is nothing left.Alexvrb - Thursday, August 15, 2019 - link
Shilly McShillerson!Phynaz - Friday, August 16, 2019 - link
DumbassAlexvrb - Friday, August 16, 2019 - link
Oh, shill shill? Shill.levizx - Saturday, August 17, 2019 - link
You do realise IBM is the king in that regard, right? They sold off their former core business.Alexvrb - Sunday, August 18, 2019 - link
He's the biggest Intel shill on this side of the interwebs. What he realizes or doesn't realize is irrelevant, anything that gets in the way of shilling for team blue gets tossed out. He is unintentionally hilarious though.Phynaz - Sunday, August 18, 2019 - link
You don’t seem to understand the definition of ‘shill’.Did you notice I never mentioned intel?
AMD fanboy disease rots the brain.
The_Assimilator - Friday, August 16, 2019 - link
GloFo gutting continues. Anyone want to take bets on when it'll exist in name only?FreckledTrout - Friday, August 16, 2019 - link
2021FreckledTrout - Friday, August 16, 2019 - link
I get this feeling AMD's reworked contract with GloFlo doesn't have anything that forces any use of GloFlo in 2020. It seems they are prepping for the large drop once AMD is 100% on TSMC.Zoolook13 - Friday, August 16, 2019 - link
I wouldn't be surprised if they start fabbing some parts at Samsung as well, considering their new licensing agreements. TSMC's 7nm must be getting pretty crowded.Smell This - Sunday, August 25, 2019 - link
It's remarkable how unremarkable the typical Shrills at AT comment before engaging their brains.Toppan has partnered with IBM-GloFo for 15+ years back to 65nm. Selling-off old IP in photomask operations is a yawner. They likely worked together in the first applications of immersion lithography.
Those Cell processors in 2003 were the bomb, huh? (rolling eyes)
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