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his CEO appointment, emphasized that
Intel intends to “drive an engineering-first
culture across Intel while strengthening
our partnerships throughout the foundry
ecosystem.”

Mark LaPedus, editor of Semiecosystem,
wrote that Intel said at the event that its
next-generation 18A process is “on track”
for delivery in the second half of this year.

Intel also “surpringly disclosed,” LaPedus
added, that 18A is mainly targeted
for a narrow set of high-performance
applications. In other words, the process
isn’t exactly a “mainstream” offering for
foundry customers.
Jessica Unwin, software integration engineer at Intel,
manages “Chip,” a robot used at global Intel factories, A “mainstream” version
during a keynote event at Intel Foundry Direct Connect However, at the event, the company
April 29. (Intel photo)
unveiled a more mainstram version of
than any of the prior seven that preceeded 18A, 18A-P.
him since the company was founded nearly
57 years ago in July 1968 by Robert Noyce Intel is working with several foundry
and Gordon Moore. customers, including Amazon, MediaTek,
Microsoft and the U.S. Dept. of Defense.
The CEO discussed Intel’s foundry NVIDIA is also a potential customer,
progress and priorities it’s using to drive LaPedus said. next page
the next phase of its foundry strategy.

Ecosystem partners
In addition to being the first
major public event for Tan, the
,
gathering served as a showcase
for Intel’s key partners.

These included Tan’s old shop
Cadence Design Systems,
Synopsys and Siemens EDA
and PDF Solutions. They were
joined by executives from two
of the most important design
shops, Taiwan’s MediaTek and
Qualcomm, as well as Microsoft.

Tan, as he has been doing since About 1,000 friends, media and customers attended Intel’s April
29 big event. (Intel)

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