Ten Reasons to Work with Intel Foundry

Learn some of the reasons why fabless manufacturers should work with Intel Foundry.

Key Takeaways

  • Intel Foundry is a first-of-its-kind systems foundry offering a full stack of industry-leading solutions including design, fabrication, advanced packaging, and testing.

  • Customers receive the flexibility to work with Intel Foundry at any point in the process and can also design with any architecture or IP.

  • With a focus on delivering the capabilities that AI-era solutions require, we offer world-class process nodes, industry-leading packaging and test technologies, and a rich portfolio of semiconductor and systems IP. We deliver through more sustainable manufacturing and a global, resilient, and secure supply chain.

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Semiconductor manufacturers need to optimize beyond traditional foundry models. Intel Foundry combines world-class process nodes, industry-leading packaging technologies, and a rich portfolio of semiconductor and systems IP. Here are a few reasons to work with Intel Foundry.

1. A systems foundry approach

Now you can work with one semiconductor provider that meets the full breadth of your needs. Intel Foundry is the world’s first “systems foundry”—a full-stack approach that integrates chip and systems IP, process nodes, and advanced packaging and test, plus Systems Acceleration Services for architecture and design to help bring it all together. We can take you from initial specifications to finished devices and deliver it all at global scale.

2. We’re flexible

Intel Foundry is open and flexible. Bring your own tooling, designers, and EDA partners. Mix and match our services with preferred vendors, or rely on us for your entire project. Work with us at any point in your process: design with us, fab with us, or send us dies to package and test.

3. Design with any architecture or IP your business needs

Our fabs are ready to produce ARM, RISC-V, x86, and custom ASICs. We also partner with leading industry design firms to better support your existing processes and capabilities.

4. Equipped and optimized for the AI era

Our tooling, process nodes, and packaging technologies are optimized for the industrial production of complex system-on-chip designs, including those designed to run AI workloads across the performance spectrum.

5. Build on leading process technologies

Intel 18A process technology is ready for design and scheduled for volume production in 2025. Intel 18A introduces major process advances that expand performance beyond traditional node scaling.

6. Advanced chiplet packaging

Intel Foundry is a leading producer of 2.5D packages with more than 100 2.5D products in volume production. Our advanced, 3D packaging techniques deliver complex systems of chips that increase density and performance for AI accelerators.

7. Rigorous testing, high yields

Advanced, multi-stage testing eliminates faulty dies early in the process, ensuring only known good dies advance to packaging and testing.

8. Resilient, secure supply chain

We maintain a robust, global pipeline for everything from raw silica to finished components. We have fabs on three continents, and we’re investing in capacity around the world.1 We help lead and shape industry best practices in securing our supply chain through contributions to numerous organizations and initiatives.

9. We're committed to sustainable semiconductor manufacturing

We’re committed and on track to reducing our environmental, energy, and waste footprints.

10. A long legacy of innovation

Intel commercialized the semiconductor 50 years ago, and we haven’t stopped innovating and scaling since. Now we’re sharing all of our expertise and advancing Moore’s Law for the entire industry.

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