Dec 4 (Reuters) - Soitec (SOIT.PA) , opens new tab will supply GlobalFoundries (GF) (GFS.O) , opens new tab with its RF-SOI wafers for GF's latest radio platform.

The French semiconductor manufacturer said it would provide 300mm RF-SOI wafers for GF's radio solution, 9SW, which will be used to make future 5G and Wi-Fi chips.

"The transition from 5G to 5G-Advanced, and eventually 6G, requires ever-higher performance and energy efficiency, as well as increasing compactness for next-generation devices," Soitec said in a statement.

The company, whose customers include TSMC (2330.TW) , opens new tab, UMC (2303.TW) , opens new tab, Sony (6758.T) , opens new tab, and STMicroelectronics (STMPA.PA) , opens new tab, has faced sharp inventory corrections in a sluggish smartphone market.

Soitec said during its first-half earnings that it saw a rebound in the smartphone market lifting sales of its RF-SOI wafers, as orders have picked up from the low levels recorded in the first quarter of the year.

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