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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 01:35:21 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

>    I think IBM still has a future, just not making PCs and typewriters.
>    STILL doing good chip work however ...
>    but mostly for internal consumption.

Not so much...

The dream:
https://acquisitioninternational.digital/globalfoundries-acquires-ibm-s-
microelectronics2/

The reality:
https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-regulation/legal/ibm-globalfoundries-settle-
respective-lawsuits-594074

There was also a suit by GF against IBM for divulging some of the covered 
IP to Intel. The Essex Junction fab is still living.

https://www.marketplace.org/2024/03/26/with-chips-act-money-the-biden-
administration-bets-an-old-plant-can-make-new-chips/

afaik East Fishkill is gone.

https://midhudsonnews.com/2023/10/02/former-ibm-campus-filled-to-capacity/