Intel unveils its 2025 Foundry Direct Connect event partners, yet key major clients conspicuously miss the list.

Intel unveils its 2025 Foundry Direct Connect event partners, yet key major clients conspicuously miss the list.

Last night, Intel held its 2025 Foundry Connect event, sharing its vision for the next few years in production and fabrication. The presentation delved into the future plans for the 18A and second generation 14A nodes, with a focus on AI computing. As part of this, Intel revealed its lineup of partners for further manufacture of silicon, but surprisingly, there was no mention of new customers for Intel Foundry. This could imply that Intel is keeping such deals secret until negotiations are finalized or that it's struggling to attract companies to its upgrade processes.

Alas, most of the names Intel dropped in its partner list may not mean much to the average consumer. Many are companies that create materials for the products we use, making them several steps removed. Here are all the partners Intel mentioned, along with their potential roles:

• Synopsys: a long-time partner of Intel, collaborating on developing and co-optimizing nodes for integration into wider technologies. Synopsys also helps bring other customers to Intel.
• Cadence: partners with Intel in the hopes of optimizing design and processes, with a focus on compatible designs and integration into existing ecosystems. Cadence also work on exploratory data analysis, similar to that new robot dog Intel hired.
• Siemens EDA: responsible for digital and physical assistance towards the manufacturing process, including simulations to test the viability of work, and co-developing advanced packaging solutions. Siemens EDA focuses on combining software and hardware for the best possible solutions, which can be beneficial when working with AI computing.
• PDF Solutions: provides analytics and data integration services, bridging the gap between design and manufacturing for Intel. Its primary goal is to get production to a point where it can be easily ramped up for customers.
• United Microelectronics Corporation: Intel's partner for developing 12nm chips, allowing Intel to focus on other areas of manufacturing while benefiting from UMC's knowledge and skills with 12nm fabrication.
• Teradyne and Adventist: providers of advanced test methodologies and turnkey test services, ensuring Intel's production meets all quality benchmarks and standards for testing and quality assurance.
• Powertech Technology Inc.: responsible for making Intel's chips compatible with other components on a node basis, supporting EMIB bumping and packaging, which allows nodes to connect to each other and other things.
• Amkor Technology: similar to Powertech, but with a greater emphasis on expanding partnership opportunities through connectivity.
• ASML: allows Intel to print its nodes by manufacturing the lithographs required to print these finely detailed nodes on. ASML's efforts would directly contribute to reliable printing of nodes like the 18A using efficient and scalable methods.

Most of these partners have been working with Intel for a while, and none came as a surprise. Intel's partnerships revolve around interconnectivity and providing the broadest range of applications for manufactured chips, aiming for compatibility in the ever-changing tech landscape.

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1. Intel's 2025 Foundry Connect event showed plans for the 18A and second generation 14A nodes, emphasizing AI computing, but no new customers for Intel Foundry were mentioned.
2. The event highlighted several partners for future manufacturing collaborations, including Synopsys, known for node co-optimization and customer acquisition.
3. Cadence was also part of the list, associating with Intel for design and process optimization, as well as exploratory data analysis similar to Intel's new robot dog.
4. Siemens EDA focuses on manufacturing process assistance and advanced packaging solutions, which could be beneficial for AI computing.
5. PDF Solutions will provide analytics and data integration services, aiming to bridge the gap between design and manufacturing for Intel's customers.
6. In the partnerships, United Microelectronics Corporation will continue to collaborate with Intel on 12nm chip development, while Teradyne and Adventist will offer advanced test methodologies for quality assurance.
7. Powertech Technology Inc. will ensure Intel's chip compatibility on a node basis, with Amkor Technology further expanding partnership opportunities through connectivity.
8. ASML will produce the lithographs required for printing Intel's finely detailed nodes, contributing to reliable printing of technology like the 18A using efficient and scalable methods. Additionally, PC Gamer's syndicated content keeps readers updated on important stories and deals, while Hope Corrigan's work includes a fictional chill out ambient far future sci-fi radio show/album/listening experience podcast.

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