全球第二大半导体代工企业竟然来自一个中东国家！
一般来讲，中东国家的经济都是以石油工业为主，但石油作为一种不可再生资源，终究有走向枯竭的一天，所以很多中东国家都在谋划经济转型，科技产业是这些国家转型的一个方向，穆巴达拉是一支由阿联酋主权的投资基金，在全球进行了非常广泛的投资，它旗下有这样一家公司，成立时间仅仅9年，就成为了全球第二大芯片代工企业，它先进的工艺制程可以和台积电媲美，这家公司的名字叫格罗方德。
格罗方德最开始是AMD公司的芯片制造部门，在2008年，由于AMD在经营上出现了危机，格罗方德被卖给了ATIC（2011年ATIC成为穆巴达拉全资子公司）和穆巴达拉，2009年，ATIC又收购了新加坡的特许半导体公司，并于2010年将其并入了格罗方德，2015年，格罗方德收购了IBM的微电子业务，其中包括1000多位技术专家以及16,000项专利，经过两次主要的收购和整合，格罗方德的业务大体成型，根据格罗方德官网的介绍，该公司拥有5家8寸晶圆厂 和5家12寸晶圆厂，年产约770万片200毫米（8寸）或同等晶圆，是全球最大的私营半导体公司。
和台积电主营手机芯片不同，格罗方德的主要业务是电脑芯片、汽车芯片、数据中心和物联网芯片，IBM和AMD是格罗方德最重要的两个客户，由于错失了最重要的手机芯片业务，格罗方德2017年的营业收入只有54亿美金，仅相当于台积电的六分之一左右，尽管如此，格罗方德的技术并不比台积电差太多，2017年6月，格罗方德宣布推出7纳米领先FinFET半导体技术 ，并预计2018年下半年在最先进的纽约州萨拉托加郡制造厂实现量产，其研发进度和台积电相差无几，同时格罗方德还有其独特的FD-SOI半导体技术，在同等制程的情况下，拥有比FinFET半导体技术更好的功耗表现和成本优势，目前已经在多款芯片上使用。
2017年，格芯宣布与成都升级为战略伙伴关系，并建造12寸晶圆厂，此举甚至招来了美国总统特朗普的嘲讽，不过全球半导体产业向中国转移是一个趋势，在格罗方德宣布在中国建厂之前，台积电早已在南京扎根，国内芯片产业蓬勃发展，谁能在未来满足中国的客户的需求，谁就能在下一个十年继续领导半导体产业，格罗方德作为一家企业，做出的决策也多是从商业的角度出发。
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