After Qualcomm and Amazon, MediaTek has also announced today that it will get into a strategic partnership with Intel to manufacture chips using Intel Foundry Services (IFS). By adding a new foundry partner with significant capacity in the United States and Europe, MediaTek plans to build a more balanced, resilient supply chain.
The majority of MediaTek’s foundry services are currently provided by TSMC, but the company is also trying to diversify its supply chain by increasing production capacity in both the US and Europe. With facilities in both locations, Intel‘s IFS is an ideal choice, and the company expects long-term cooperation that may involve a variety of technologies and applications.
“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,” said IFS President Randhir Thakur. “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.”
MediaTek intends to develop a number of processors for a variety of smart edge devices using Intel manufacturing methods. The IFS platform spans production-proven three-dimensional FinFET transistors to next-generation breakthroughs with technologies optimized for high performance, low power, and always-on connectivity.
NS Tsai, corporate senior vice president of Platform Technology & Manufacturing Operations at MediaTek, 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.”
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