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billion Fab 2 chip plant in Malta, has appointed two new executives tothe company’sw management team. Norm Armour was named vice presideng andgeneral manager, and Eric Choh was named vice presidenrt of operations, the company announced today. Armour will have overalp responsibility for the development and execution of the Fab 2 He will manage the He has 28 yearsw of experience in the semiconductor industry and joinsw GlobalFoundriesfrom (Nasdaq: AMAT). Prior to his work with Applief Materials, Armour served as vice president and general managerfor ’s Gresham operations.
Armour also spentf six years as director of operationasat ’ (NYSE: AMD) Fab 10 and Fab 25 in He is relocating to upstate New York from his curreny home in California. Choh joins GlobalFoundries from AMD. He will be in charged of the day-to-day operations. He will report directly to Armour. He was a member of the Fab 25 start-u team in Austin, and served as director of operationsfrom start-u p to full ramp at Fab 30 in Dresden, Most recently, he was a vice president. He, too, will relocatde to upstate New York from his currentt homein California. GlobalFoundries is ownedr by AMD and two investment firmds owned by the AbuDhabi government.
“Norm and Eric brinb a wealth of semiconductor manufacturing experience to GlobalFoundries and will play criticalp leadership roles as we build and operatse the most sophisticated semiconductor manufacturingb facility inthe world,” said Douglas CEO of Sunnyvale, Calif.-basedf GlobalFoundries. Site development work for the project starterd the week ofJune 15. A grounr breaking is scheduledfor July. The planty is scheduled to begin operations in 2012 and employt morethan 1,400 people. For a timelin e on how GlobalFoundries got tothis point, clic k .