Intel Foundry Services
The launch of Intel Foundry Services means the company is not only going to manufacture its own chips, but it will also produce them for other semiconductor companies, including its competitors.
While Intel could have made this move at any time, why is the company doing it now? Gelsinger said Intel conservatively sizes the foundry opportunity as a $100 billion addressable market by 2025.
Dr. Randhir Thakur will lead Intel Foundry Services, reporting to Gelsinger.
“This business unit will be completely dedicated to the success of its customers with full P&L responsibilities,” Gelsinger said. “This model will ensure that our foundry customers products will receive our utmost focus in terms of service technology enablement and capacity commitments.”
Intel Foundry Services can handle manufacturing needs for x86 cores, graphics, media display, AI, interconnect fabric, Arm and RISC-5. Gelsinger said partners including Amazon, Cisco, Ericsson, Google, IBM, Mac, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and others have endorsed the effort.
