Intel, squeezed by Samsung and TSMC, finally put down its body to customize chip technology for Chinese chips

It is reported that Intel Finally, it has reached a cooperation with MediaTek, a chip enterprise in Taiwan, China , It will be customized 16nm The process is used to produce the latter IOT、WiFi chip , This action represents Intel Finally put down his body and compete with TSMC and Samsung for the chip OEM market .

Intel Zeng Da 20 For many years, it has occupied the position of global semiconductor overlord , However, in recent years, it has been continuously surpassed by Samsung , In terms of advanced technology, it is surpassed by Samsung and TSMC , This makes it quite stifled .

stay PC Processor market ,Intel At the same time AMD Squeeze with apples .AMD Of PC The processor relies on its own Zen Architecture and TSMC's advanced technology continue to lead in performance , On the desktop PC The processor market has caught up with Intel; Apple launched M System processors are comparable in performance Intel, Apple has given up Intel The processor of , This may also trigger ARM The camp is further eroded PC Processor market .

Under the influence of many adverse factors , Today, Intel It's a little faltering ,2021 year Intel The results announced showed that the revenue increased , But the growth rate is only 1%, Net profit also fell 0.5 percentage , To change this unfavorable situation , As early as a few years ago, it planned to enter the chip OEM market .

But for a few years Intel The chip OEM business of has been making bad progress , Many chip companies may be worried about their horizontal competition relationship ,Intel The price of chip OEM may also be relatively high , Until now, it has reached cooperation with MediaTek , Finally, the chip OEM market opened up .

It is reported that Intel In order to win the support of MediaTek in Taiwan, China , Specially developed for the latter Intel 16 process , This is believed to be caused by 22nmFFL Improved process , The process is very mature , It is also low in power consumption , Probably Intel And offer a very favorable price , Thus winning the order of MediaTek .

Intel Of 16nm The process may be better than that of TSMC 16nm Advanced technology , because Intel Previous 14nm Although the technology is better than TSMC in name 10nm Backward technology , But the actual performance 、 Power consumption is better than TSMC 10nm Excellent workmanship , This is how it went Intel Improvement , its 16nm The craft should have some unique advantages .

For MediaTek, it hopes to introduce a new chip foundry , Ensure chip capacity supply . Although MediaTek has long cooperated with TSMC , But apple is the preferred customer of TSMC , In previous years, the advanced chip manufacturing process was first OEM for Apple , The second is Qualcomm , MediaTek ranks behind , And because TSMC is the only one , TSMC's quotation is getting higher and higher , This is not conducive to MediaTek's participation in market competition .

But MediaTek now only adopts Intel Of 16nm process , Not more advanced 10nm process （ Regarded as Intel Of 10nm The process is better than that of TSMC 7nm Advanced technology ）, It means that the most advanced chip Tianji series of MediaTek will still be OEM by TSMC , After all, TSMC is indeed in a leading position in advanced technology .

Intel This change can be said to be its choice under helplessness , It can also be said to be proactive , After all, the development of OEM business can bring new income , At the same time, the development of OEM business can also help to develop advanced technology , In fact, the development of TSMC's advanced technology also depends on the common improvement of many customers in the process of use ,Intel May be inspired .

Intel Now I'm trying to make a change , In addition to developing chip OEM business , It has also begun to develop RISC-V framework , People in the industry think Intel Hope to develop RISC-V Structural pressure ARM, Now ARM The pressure on it is increasing ,ARM Chip companies in the camp are constantly eroding Intel Of PC Processor and server chip market , force Intel We can only change ourselves to cope with changes in the market .