GlobalFoundries (GFS) Partners with Egis Technology to Drive Advanced Smart Sensing Innovation

GlobalFoundries Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS) is one of the worst-performing data center stocks in 2025. On September 23, the company announced a partnership with Egis Technology at its Technology Summit in Shanghai. The collaboration focuses on advanced smart sensing solutions and will aim to develop direct time-of-flight (dToF) sensors using GF’s 55nm platform for mobile, IoT, and automotive applications.

The new sensors are based on GlobalFoundries’ front-side-illuminated SPAD (single-photon avalanche diode) technology, which offers improved performance in terms of dark count rate and near-infrared detection. By integrating the dToF system on a single chip, which includes drivers, microcontrollers, and ranging cores, the solution reduces size, power consumption, and costs, while accelerating time to market.

Egis has been a provider of fingerprint sensors and this move will extend its push into the 3D sensing market, building on its initial collaboration with GlobalFoundries in 2022. Potential uses of the technology include laser-assisted autofocus in smartphones and laptops, presence detection in smart appliances and buildings, and collision avoidance in robots and drones.

Production is already available at GF’s Singapore facility, with design support offered through its GlobalShuttle program. The partnership highlights GF’s strategy to expand its role in enabling intelligent sensing technologies for emerging connected devices.

GlobalFoundries Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS) is a semiconductor foundry that manufactures chips for the automotive, industrial, communications, and consumer electronics sectors.

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