A recent job description on the official Intel website has revealed some interesting information. While it wasn’t a secret that the known chipmaker wanted to outsource production to TSMC in the future, but details regarding this shift were rather vague so far. However, the new job listing has revealed that Intel will be shifting its Atom and Xeon processors over to the world’s largest contract chipmaker.
According to a TomsHardware report, the job description states that “As a member of the QAT design team, you will work as the RTL integration lead within the Custom Logic ASIC Engineering group in DCG [Data Center Group]. You will play a key role in the development and integration of QAT into Atom & Xeon based SoC on Intel and TSMC process, you will work with the IP/SoC integration team and collaborate with the SoC design, validation, and emulation teams to ensure successful integration validation of the QAT IP.”
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This clearly states that the company aims on shifting the production of its Atom and Xeon based SoCs to TSMC. At the moment, Intel currently produces several specialized variants of the Atom and Xeon based processors. Earlier this year, the Atm ‘Snow Ridge’ SoC with up to 24 Tremont cores was unveiled for 5G base stations. Similarly, it also Intel Xeon D series SoCs, which were powered by Skylake-SP cores that were aimed at networking and storage applications.
Furthermore, since the Xeon platform utilizes high performance cores and is sold at premium prices, it might not seem practical for Intel to outsource it to TSMC. This is due to the fact that it needs to recoup the cost associated with its own fabs. On the other hand, Intel’s Atom processors aren’t cheap to make, but utilize low powered cores and are less complex than the Xeon processors. So, it might be safe to assume that Intel might be shifting another lineup of processors to TSMC in the future as well.
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