According to Reuters, the company agreed to release Intel chips to order Altera, a significant step toward becoming a contract manufacturer of semiconductor products.
Opening the strategic customers access to their advanced manufacturing, Intel can compensate for the costs of developing new technologies and load capacity freed due to the fall in demand for chips for traditional PCs - the main products of the company.
Allegedly, Intel will be releasing on orders Altera programmable gate arrays (FPGA), using the most advanced 14-nanometer technology.
"This is a step in the construction business of the level to which we aspire, - gives the source word Sunni Rikhi (Sunit Rikhi), vice president of technology and manufacturing. - I have no doubt that the company will eventually become a major player in contract manufacturing. "
Recall that in December last year, Intel ready to do contract manufacturing confirmed Paul Otellini , CEO of the company. Mr. Otellini said then that we can talk about output "suitable types" and "not in the interests of competition." Obviously, in the case of FPGA Altera both these conditions are quite satisfied.
The other day it was announced that another developer FPGA, the company will market Achronix Speedster22i FPGA , manufactured on Intel 22-nanometer technology. Information about what Intel is trying on the role of the contract manufacturer's 22-nanometer chips, appeared last fall.
For Altera can imply a significant step forward, as the company - one of the world's two largest producers of FPGA. Now she orders the release of their chips at TSMC, as its main competitor, Xilinx.
Given the unfavorable dynamics of the PC market and the redistribution of consumer interest in favor of mobile devices , some investors believe that over time, Intel can do and release processors for smartphones and tablets Apple.
It is noteworthy that Mr. Rikhi confirmed the readiness of the company to meet the needs of "big customers of mobile processors."
Source: Reuters
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