MediaTek is expected to use the process technologies of Intel for manufacturing various chips for a variety of smart edge devices
MediaTek adds Intel Foundry Services as its new foundry partner. (Credit: Coolcaesar/Wikipedia.org)
Intel and MediaTek have entered into a foundry partnership under which the Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company will manufacture chips using the advanced process technologies of the Intel Foundry Services (IFS).
MediaTek is expected to use Intel process technologies for manufacturing various chips for a variety of smart edge devices.
MediaTek platform technology and manufacturing operations corporate senior vice president NS Tsai said: “MediaTek has long adopted a multi-sourcing strategy. We have an existing 5G data card business partnership with Intel, and now extend our relationship to manufacturing smart edge devices through Intel Foundry Services.
“With its commitment to major capacity expansions, IFS provides value to MediaTek as we seek to create a more diversified supply chain. We look forward to building a long-term partnership to serve the fast-growing demand for our products from customers across the globe.”
According to Intel, its foundry services business provides a wide manufacturing platform with technologies optimised to deliver high performance, low power, and always-on connectivity.
Intel Foundry Services president Randhir Thakur said: “As one of the world’s leading fabless chip designers powering more than 2 billion devices a year, MediaTek is a terrific partner for IFS as we enter our next phase of growth.
“We have the right combination of advanced process technology and geographically diverse capacity to help MediaTek deliver the next billion connected devices across a range of applications.”
Intel Foundry Services was created last year to help address the increasing demand around the world for advanced semiconductor manufacturing capacity.
Last month, the foundry business launched IFS Cloud Alliance, which is the next phase of its IFS Accelerator ecosystem programme.
The IFS Cloud Alliance is expected to facilitate secure design environments in the cloud to enhance foundry customer design efficiency and speed up time-to-market by leveraging the power of massive on-demand compute.