How one semiconductor maker tamed AI in a trio of ways for real performance gains

Malta, New York-based GlobalFoundries pointed the technology practically toward its productivity, inspection and maintenance systems.
Feb. 23, 2026

What you’ll learn:

  • Semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries developed three practical AI-based solutions.
  • The solutions assist with productivity, quality and maintenance.
  • All three solutions are designed for scalability.
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Three use cases at GlobalFoundries, a Malta, New York-based semiconductor maker, are an example of successful and specific AI deployments that can shift the conversation about AI away from large language models like ChatGPT and back onto the technologies that can create efficiencies and add value to a modern manufacturing operation.

See also: Reinventing process control for an AI-driven future

MIT in August 2025 reported that 95% of generative AI pilots were failing. Though not specific to manufacturing, that suggests the technology itself is the problem—if it fails across the board.

The tried-and-true machine learning/AI-based software used in manufacturing for decades, however, also benefits from today’s more advanced AI. What we wind up with are supercharged versions of existing machine learning-based systems that provide proven value.

Pradip Singh, chief manufacturing officer at GlobalFoundries, shared the stories of three new AI-based tools his company developed that are scalable and, in some cases, already providing ROI.

Editor’s note: Check out the rest of this story on IndustryWeek.

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Dennis Scimeca
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Dennis Scimeca

Dennis Scimeca is a veteran technology journalist with particular experience in vision system technology, machine learning/artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, and interactive entertainment. He has experience writing for consumer, developer, and B2B audiences with bylines in many highly regarded specialist and mainstream outlets.

His home base is IndustryWeek, where he covers the continuing expansion of new technologies into the manufacturing world and the competitive advantages gained by learning and employing these new tools. He also seeks to build connections between manufacturers by sharing the stories of their challenges and successes employing new technologies. If you would like to share your story with IndustryWeek, please contact him at [email protected].

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