GF’s AI manufacturing push sets the stage for MIPS integration

Siemens and GF team up on AI-driven fab automation—and MIPS is the missing but implied piece.

December 11, 2025

David Harold

Siemens and GlobalFoundries have announced a wide-ranging collaboration to deploy AI-driven automation, digital twins, and predictive maintenance across next-generation semiconductor fabs. While the joint statement barely mentions GF’s newly acquired MIPS business, the alignment is obvious: The same physical A” ambitions driving GF to optimize fab operations are the ones behind its move up the compute stack. The Siemens deal strengthens GF’s manufacturing backbone just as MIPS gives the company its own RISC-V CPU portfolio—an increasingly strategic combination. (Source: MIPS) Siemens and GlobalFoundries (GF) have announced a new strategic collaboration to integrate AI-enabled automation, real-time control systems, advanced energy management,

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