It looks like Intel’s new CEO Pat Gelsinger wants to radically change how the company works. The company announced its strategy called IDM 2.0. This will be provided with a $ 20 billion investment for a plant in Arizona.
This will be in charge of developing the Intel 7nm chips and will open the possibility of make chips for other companiess, including ARM. It looks like Intel wants to regain its hegemony and will do so in style in the face of the chip shortage.
Intel will offer to manufacture chips to other companies
This information comes from Business Wire reporting that Pat Gelsinger wants to evolve Intel’s business model. With his “Manufacture of integrated devices” o IDM 2.0 that the Santa Clara giant wants expand its activities beyond manufacturing its own chips.
The company will begin this process with an investment of $ 20 billion to create two new factories in Chandler, Arizona. In 2020, they opened a first responsible for the production of 10nm chips and the two new facilities are expected to start production this year.
Intel suffered to create its first 7-nanometer processor, the so-called Meteora Lake. Its design is expected to be finalized this year and start shipping in 2023. However, Intel now wants to go beyond its own chips. Given the shortage of processor production, Intel will offer facilities in Europe and the United States so that other companies can shift manufacturing to Intel.
As part of Intel Foundation Services, the company announces that it will work with its customers to build SoCs with x86, Arm, and RISC-V cores, as well as to leverage the core design and packaging technology portfolio.
The funny thing is that Intel directly mentioned ARM and Gelsinger is clear. He wants to offer Tim Cook the opportunity to manufacture Apple M1 processors on your premises.
Gelsinger mentioned that Intel is currently working with partners including Amazon, Cisco, IBM and Microsoft. But he took it a step further in a question-and-answer session with the press, saying he was even suing Apple’s business.
The Gelsinger revolution
It looks like the CEO change is going very well for Intel. Although it is true that has not yet regained the enthusiasm of yesteryear In manufacturing your chips, meeting demand from other companies is a great strategy. Gelsinger knows that its products are of high manufacturing quality and wishes to compete with TSM (Taiwan Semiconductor).
Faced with the ostracism and boredom of the former CEO, Gelsinger offers solutions for the company and a new line of business. We’ll see if that provides a sufficient boost for those in Santa Clara and offers more competition to ARM and AMD.
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