> AMD will see out its existing commitment to use GlobalFoundries through 2024, with the latest amendment setting purchase targets for 2022, 2023, and 2024. Beyond those new targets, however, the agreement releases AMD from all further exclusivity commitments to GlobalFoundries. AMD is now free to use any fab on any process node that it wants.
They traded exclusivity for a minimum order size. I'm not sure I would read that negotiation as setting a sunset date on their overall relationship at the end of 2024, and I definitely wouldn't read it as AMD being totally free prior to 2025.
1.6B is half a quarter's revenue for AMD. Milan has been a slam dunk; there's obviously some value over at GloFo for AMD, and it wouldn't be a no-tears breakup (hypothetically speaking).
I don't dispute that GloFo's role in AMD's strategy will necessarily change if it becomes part of Intel.
> AMD will see out its existing commitment to use GlobalFoundries through 2024, with the latest amendment setting purchase targets for 2022, 2023, and 2024. Beyond those new targets, however, the agreement releases AMD from all further exclusivity commitments to GlobalFoundries. AMD is now free to use any fab on any process node that it wants.