Intel is also planning to set the standard for foundry sustainability with renewable electricity usage. The company has announced new customers for the foundry business and an expanded process roadmap that aims to establish itself as the process technology leader in the latter half of this decade. It has announced partnerships with Arm, Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens and Ansys as it prepares tools, design flows, and IP portfolios validated and ready to enable customer designs.
Key takeaways:
- Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has launched Intel Foundry, a sustainable systems foundry business designed for the AI era, with the company set to manufacture chips designed by other companies.
- Intel is investing billions of dollars in upgrading its manufacturing capacity and designing its manufacturing nodes to keep up with the needs of external chip designers.
- Intel plans to set the standard for foundry sustainability with renewable electricity usage and has announced new customers for the foundry business and an expanded process roadmap.
- Intel is also using AI techniques in the manufacturing process to improve defect detection, yield enhancement, and equipment maintenance management.