Intel Takes a 'Deliberate' Approach to New Foundry Effort

Intel has been offering semiconductor manufacturing services to third-party customers without a whole lot of fanfare as it brings its state-of-the-art 22-nanometer fabs online. That's precisely how the company wants it, according to Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy.
The chip giant decided a while back to add foundry services to its portfolio as a way to take advantage of extra capacity at its next-generation fabs. So far Intel has only officially announced a pair of customers—it's making 22nm field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for Achronix Semiconductor and Tabula—and isn't making more noise about its foundry business because it's a "very nascent effort," Mulloy said.
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