In a recent interview, Globalfoundries vice president of manufacturing systems and technology Tom Sonderman said that the company plans to make GPUs using 28nm processes in the near future.

So, is Nvidia absolutely wanting to take a look at GlobalFoundries then? Carvill wouldn't say, but noted, "As long as it didn't compromise our relationship with AMD and customer service to them, we would happily have those discussions with Nvidia and anybody else."

AMD spin-off Global Foundries will take an "agnostic view" of the market according to its head of communications, Jon Carvill.

It seems that more and more power will consolidate into the hands of fewer and fewer players.