Intel Expresses Willingness to Produce Components for AMD, NVIDIA, and Other Clients

Intel’s collaboration with Arm in developing an ecosystem for contract-based chip manufacturing with the respective architecture is now an established reality. This is borne out by a series of joint statements, as well as the Arm chief’s presentation at yesterday’s Intel IFS Direct Connect event. Furthermore, Intel’s leadership openly declared that they are ready to produce components for AMD, NVIDIA, and, essentially, any clients on demand.

Ahead of the IFS Direct Connect event, tech outlet Tom’s Hardware engaged in a comprehensive study. Its Editor, Paul Alcorn, seized the chance to ask Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger about the company’s readiness to provide cutting-edge technology to direct competitors. Gelsinger began his response by noting the company’s intent to undergo a restructuring this year, aiming to make Intel Foundry Service, the company’s contract subsidiary, more financially independent. This division’s mission will be to maximize its production capacities and encompass a broad spectrum of clients.

In his statement, Gelsinger said, “We hope that Jensen (NVIDIA), Cristiano (Qualcomm), Sundar (Google), and, as you witnessed today, Satya (Microsoft) would make the list. I even hope that it will include Lisa (AMD) at some point in the future.” He was referring to the potential clientele for the company’s contract direction. In the end, as added by Gelsinger, Intel aspires to be a global contract-based chip manufacturer.

The company plans to tailor its components to cater to client needs. The modular layout with multiple crystals permits the replacement of individual chip blocks with options specific to a particular client, whether they are independently developed solutions or something from Intel’s range.

The head of the company reiterated, “I want my contract manufacturing to be used by everyone. We want to help produce NVIDIA and AMD chips, Google tensor processors, and Amazon neural processors.” It is evident that Intel’s advanced tech processes will be available to its clients exactly when its in-house team of developers receives them.