According to foreign media reports, the world's biggest chipmaker Intel announced on Tuesday, the company will obtain authorization from rival ARM technology, used to extend its own chip foundry business.
Intel developer at Intel and ARM held in San Francisco on Tuesday formally announced the news in the BBS. By hand in hand with ARM, Intel will be able to use the most advanced 10 nm chips production line, the chip company to a third party of contract manufacturing are normally used for smartphones complex mobile chips.
As the world's largest chip maker, Intel's revenue mainly comes from the current PC processors, but in large, fast-growing mobile processor market, Intel has too little. At present, mobile processor manufacturers, mobile processors generally adopted the ARM architecture. Led by chief executive branch to qi, Intel is to convince other chip makers to use the company's factory to make chips. Authorization by the ARM technology can make qualcomm, apple and other companies outsource chip manufacturing business to Intel.
PC market is declining, and server processor business growth is slow, forced Intel into contract manufacturing business. While Intel and his predecessor, Paul Otellini (Paul Otellini) administration has launched a chip outsourcing business, but the company has not been obtained from a large customer in a massive wave of OEM orders. But all this may appear to change. Intel has also announced that South Korea's second-largest mobile phone maker, LG electronics, will use the company's contract mobile phone chips to make 10 nanometers.
Intel also said the company will not in 10 nm extreme ultraviolet lithography technology is used in the manufacturing process, and the technology is also not ready to apply to the next generation of 7 nm in the manufacturing process. Intel said, before the show promise of efficiency, the company will not use this kind of chip manufacturing technology.
ARM and Intel in the semiconductor industry, but in the field of development, achievement and business model is quite different. From mobile intelligent terminal start to now, the ARM has been in the chip market leadership. In 2015, including qualcomm, samsung, mediatek global 1384 mobile chip manufacturers are using the ARM architecture, more than 85% of global smartphone and tablet chip is the ARM processor, more than 70% of the smart TV is using the ARM processor.
Softbank last month announced that it will for 24.3 billion pounds ($32.17 billion), the total price of the ARM. It is understood that softbank will with 17 pounds per share in cash for the ARM, the latter represents a 43% premium over Friday's closing price. Softbank, said the company plans to keep the ARM structure, including continue to keep the latter headquarters in Cambridge, England, and keep the ARM existing executive team, brand, and on the basis of the partnership business model. Softbank promised at the same time, in the next five years, the number of employees of ascension will put the ARM in England for at least twice, and increase the number of employees in overseas firms.
Masayoshi son, softbank's chairman and chief executive, said the current softbank is actively investing in "Internet of things" business, hope to catch the market significant business opportunities, and acquire ARM and the strategy and perfect match.
