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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-21-306598
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211025

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001709048
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				980604079
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 STONEBREAK ROAD EXTENSION
		CITY:			MALTA
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12020
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(518) 305-9013

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 STONEBREAK ROAD EXTENSION
		CITY:			MALTA
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12020
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<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>VIA EDGAR </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ms.&nbsp;Sherry Haywood </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Geoffrey Kruczek </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ms.&nbsp;Effie Simpson </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Mark Rakip </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office of Manufacturing </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, N.E. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-1</FONT> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>(File No.&nbsp;333-260003) </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Acceleration Request </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Requested Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;October&nbsp;27, 2021 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Requested Time:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4:00 P.M. Eastern Time </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with Rule 461 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<B>Securities Act</B>&#148;), we, as representatives of the several underwriters (the &#147;<B>Representatives</B>&#148;), hereby join in the request of GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., an exempted company with
limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the &#147;<B>Registrant</B>&#148;), that the effectiveness of the above-captioned Registration Statement, as amended, be accelerated to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October&nbsp;27,
2021, or as soon thereafter as practicable, or at such other time as the Registrant or its outside counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen&nbsp;&amp; Hamilton LLP, request by telephone that such Registration Statement be declared effective. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule 460 under the Securities Act, we, as the Representatives, wish to advise you that between October&nbsp;19, 2021 through the date hereof,
approximately 5,262 copies of the Preliminary Prospectus of the Registrant, dated October&nbsp;19, 2021, were distributed to prospective underwriters, dealers, institutional and other investors and others. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We, the undersigned Representatives, have and will, and we have been informed by the participating underwriters that they have and will, comply with the
requirements of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15c2-8</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in connection with the proposed offering. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>MORGAN STANLEY&nbsp;&amp; CO. LLC</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>BOFA SECURITIES, INC.</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Ashley Macneill</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michele A.H. Allong</P></TD></TR>
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