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Renesas Just Closed Its Last 6-Inch Fab. That One Sentence Explains an Entire Analog Supply Squeeze Hitting Automakers

A multi-billion-dollar manufacturing partnership with GlobalFoundries, next-generation R-Car silicon, and a legacy-fab closure squeezing older analog parts all at once — Renesas's 2026 is a study in managed transition.

By Brecht Corbeel · August 10, 2026 · 4 min read

A wall chart in a bright fab office plotting production volume against node maturity rather than transistor size, a pin marking the fab's own position well away from the leading-edge end of the scale

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GlobalFoundries Bet Its Whole Business on Never Reaching the Leading Edge

In 2018, GlobalFoundries walked away from the race to the smallest transistor entirely. In 2026, that decision looks less like a retreat and more like a specific, working strategy.

By Brecht Corbeel · August 10, 2026 · 4 min read

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