Dec 4 (Reuters) - Soitec will supply

GlobalFoundries ( GFS ) 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, UMC

, Sony ( SONY ), and STMicroelectronics, 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.