GlobalFoundries manufactures silicone-germanium chips for Motorola’s public safety, professional and commercial radios
To protect the supply of chip solutions needed for its radios, Motorola Solutions entered into a long-term agreement with GlobalFoundries (GF), which manufactures silicon-germanium (SiGe) chips for Motorola’s public safety, professional and commercial radio Vermont facilities.
Global supply-chain constraints, largely driven by the COVID-19 epidemic, continue to affect almost every industry, with many parts of the world returning to pre-epidemic life. These supply constraints are compounded by global sanctions against Chinese retailers Huawei and ZTE, as well as increased consumer and business demand for connectivity infrastructure and solutions.
For obvious reasons, it is crucial that first responders and other public safety personnel have unlimited access to reliable and secure communication platforms. And these platforms rely on RF chips.
“Millions of first responders, utilities, infrastructure providers and businesses rely on Motorola Solution Radio for day-to-day and urgent communication and we must maintain a supply of these critical components,” said Scott Motonen, Senior Vice President of Motorola Solution Products. “Our long-term relationship with GF provides significant capabilities, reliable US-based manufacturing and further assures that we will continue to meet the safety and security needs of our customers around the world.”
“We are pleased to be able to serve the industry with feature-rich solutions but innovations in RF technology that provide low noise and high power and efficiency to allow clear and long-range communication in the most demanding situations,” commented Dr. Bami Bastani, Senior Vice President and General. Manager, Mobile and Wireless Infrastructure Strategic Business Unit at GF.
Other chip makers such as Samsung and TSMC Deficits have been met by plans for new manufacturing plants, but these chips will mostly target the automotive industry, which was hit early and hard by the chip shortage.
