Intel announces enhanced process roadmap adapted to the AI era and expansion of ecosystem partners, aiming to become world's second-largest foundry by 2030

Intel announced an expanded process roadmap and expansion of customers and ecosystem partners to help realize its goal of becoming the world's second-largest

https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1675/intel-launches-worlds-first-systems-foundry-designed-for

IFS Reborn as Intel Foundry: Expanded Foundry Business Adds 14A Process To Roadmap
https://www.anandtech.com/show/21271/intel-foundry-future-14a-foveros-direct-beyond

A Peek at Intel's Future Foundry Tech - IEEE Spectrum
https://spectrum.ieee.org/intel-18a

Intel Updates Roadmap With New 14A Node and Upcoming 'Process Evolutions' | Extremetech
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/intel-updates-roadmap-with-new-14a-node-and-upcoming-process-evolutions

Intel Foundry Reveals New Roadmap Details And Partnerships For The Age Of AI | HotHardware
https://hothardware.com/news/intel-foundry-services-for-the-era-of-ai

The Intel IFS Direct Connect 2024 Keynote (Starts at 8:30am PT/16:30 UTC)
https://www.anandtech.com/show/21272/the-intel-ifs-direct-connect-2024-keynote-starts-at-830am-pt1630-utc

On February 21, 2024, Intel launched 'Intel Foundry' as a more sustainable systems foundry business designed for the AI era, an expansion process designed to establish leadership for the second half of the AI era. We have announced our roadmap. Additionally, Intel is highlighting support from its ecosystem partners, including Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens, and Ansys, using tools, design flows, and IP portfolios validated on Intel's advanced packaging and Intel 18A process. It outlines Foundry's readiness to accelerate customer chip designs. In addition, Intel Foundry is a renamed form of the foundry (manufacturing contract) business that was previously called Intel Foundry Services (IFS).

The following is the announced extended process roadmap, which is an evolutionary roadmap for the process rules being developed by Intel: ``Intel 14A'', ``Intel 18A'', ``Intel 3'', and ``Mature Nodes''. This includes Intel 3-T, an optimized through-silicon via for advanced 3D packaging designs, which will be ready for production soon. This expansion process roadmap shows that Intel Foundry is planning a new node every two years and an evolution of the node along the way.

Of particular note in the expansion process roadmap is the existence of 'Intel 14A,' which is expected to become the successor process rule to Intel 18A. The Intel 14A is Intel's first mass production of high numerical aperture (high NA) EUV, the next generation of extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV), and will enable further miniaturization.

In other news, Intel announced the addition of Intel Foundry FCBGA 2D+ to its comprehensive suite of ASAT products, including FCBGA 2D, EMIB, Foveros, and Foveros Direct.

Additionally, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that the company will manufacture its proprietary chips using the Intel 18A process. 'We are currently in the midst of an extremely exciting platform transformation that will fundamentally change the productivity of individual organizations and the industry as a whole,' said CEO Nadella. 'We need to ensure a reliable supply of high-performance, high-quality semiconductors, which is why we are very excited to work with Intel Foundry and have selected a chip design that will be produced on the Intel 18A process.' I'm talking.

In response to this, various media reported that ``Microsoft will use Intel to manufacture next-generation chips'' and ``Microsoft will choose Intel over NVIDIA as its new generation chip manufacturing partner.''

Microsoft Will Use Intel to Manufacture Home-Grown Processor - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-21/microsoft-will-use-intel-to-manufacture-home-grown-processor

Intel Stock: Chipmaker Building Foundry For AI Era | Investor's Business Daily
https://www.investors.com/news/technology/intel-stock-chipmaker-building-foundry-for-ai-era/

Microsoft turns to Intel, not Nvidia, to make new chip
https://qz.com/intel-microsoft-new-chip-semiconductor-nvidia-1851275354

Intel to manufacture chips for Microsoft as AI drives demand
https://www.ft.com/content/be22fa9d-d5ff-415d-b7d0-1b756751e344

Microsoft will use Intel Foundry to make its own chip using the Intel 18A process - Neowin
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-will-use-intel-foundry-to-make-its-own-chip-using-the-intel-18a-process/

It has also been reported that Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has said that he also wants to develop chips for AMD, Intel's long-time rival. CEO Gelsinger said of the foundry team's goals: 'Our goal is simple: to serve the broadest range of customers on the planet, and we hope that customers include NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and Google. We have announced that Microsoft will be a foundry customer, and we hope that in the future AMD will also be included. I want to become one,” he said.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger: I hope to build chips for Lisa Su and AMD | Tom's Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-i-hope-to-build-chips-for-lisa-su-and-amd

Why Intel CEO is betting so much on chip manufacturing | Pat Gelsinger interview | VentureBeat
https://venturebeat.com/ai/why-intel-ceo-is-betting-so-much-on-chip-manufacturing-pat-gelsinger-interview/

In addition, intellectual property and electronic design automation (EDA) partners Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens, Ansys, Lorentz and Keysight offer the foundry industry's first backside power solution to help foundry customers build advanced chip designs on Intel 18A. We have clarified the tool eligibility and IP compliance status to enable acceleration. These companies have also confirmed EDA and IP enablement across the Intel node family.

Additionally, multiple vendors announced plans to collaborate on assembly technology and design flow for Intel's Embedded Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) 2.5D packaging technology. These EDA solutions ensure faster development and delivery of advanced packaging solutions for foundry customers.

Intel also announced an emerging business initiative showcasing a collaboration with Arm, which provides cutting-edge foundry services for Arm-based SoCs. This initiative represents a significant opportunity for Intel and Arm to support startups with critical intellectual property, manufacturing support, and funding to accelerate the development, innovation, and growth of Arm-based technologies.

Intel's systems foundry approach provides full-stack optimization from factory networking to software. Intel and its ecosystem enable customers to innovate across their systems through continuous technology improvements, reference designs, and new standards. 'Intel offers a world-class foundry complemented by an unparalleled system of chip capabilities, delivered from resilient, more sustainable and secure sources,' said Stuart Pang, vice president of Intel Foundry. 'By combining these strengths, we can give our customers everything they need to design and deliver solutions for the most demanding applications.'

In addition, Intel announced that 99% of the electricity used at its foundries will be renewable energy in 2023. However, Intel has also announced efforts in the environmental field to achieve 100% of the electricity used at manufacturing sites around the world by renewable energy and zero waste to landfill by 2030. In addition, Intel aims to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2040, and to reduce upstream Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions to virtually zero by 2050.

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