Intel also said that it could provide X86 cores for customers to use, too, though it wasn’t clear which cores or under which conditions.
Intel is a current Arm licensee, but it hasn’t developed an Arm CPU since the StrongARM chip was discontinued in the early 2000s. Intel’s new Intel Foundry Services will offer design services that incorporate processor technologies that Intel hasn’t traditionally touted: the open-source RISC-V architecture, but also Arm.
Samsung, for example, reportedly can’t get enough processors from Qualcomm for its low-end phones. What is clear is that the electronics industry is facing a dearth of semiconductors across the board, with Samsung, Honda and Volkswagen warning that a limited supply of chips could impact their ability to manufacture phones. It isn’t clear how much of Intel’s manufacturing capacity available today will be made available to third parties, or how quickly Intel can begin manufacturing products for those customers. Gelsinger said Tuesday that Intel believes that they have solved those problems. That made manufacturing more complex, he added, and eventually proved to be a mistake, delaying Intel’s manufacturing roadmap. Gelsinger said that originally Intel designed its 7nm process with limited use of Extreme Ultraviolet lithography, a manufacturing technology. Those statements came as Intel continues to be stuck selling chips based on an aging 14nm process node, an inertia that contrasts sharply with the disciplined “tick-tock” cadence of chip architecture advances that Intel had adhered to for decades. His goals, Gelsinger said at the time, included making Intel’s manufacturing more agile, to design great products, and to execute quickly on those plans. When his CEO role was announced, Gelsinger seemed to promise a return to the good old days as he described learning his craft at the feet of past Intel greats such as Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce. Gelsinger is a thirty-year veteran of Intel who worked closely on the development of USB and Wi-Fi. Intel named Swan as a “temporary” replacement after Brian Krzanich unexpectedly stepped down in 2018, following the revelation of a consensual relationship with an employee. Gelsinger was named Intel’s new chief executive to replace Bob Swan in January. Gelsinger’s plans were unveiled five weeks after he took office on February 15. IntelĪn Intel manufacturing worker holds a chip wafer. Intel also plans an Intel Innovation event in October in San Francisco that sounds like it could be a replacement for IDF. Gelsinger, who once was the face of the popular Intel Developer Forum (IDF), also revealed that Intel is bringing back the “spirit” of IDF with the launch of Intel On, a new industry event series.
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