Today in San Francisco at Intel global developers BBS (IDF), Intel has released a number of new technology in the field of product layout, including fusion reality MR blindfold, iot Joule (Joule) chip. But there is a non product message also caused the media attention. Intel has reached a new license agreement with ARM, Intel's future will be able to plant production ARM chips.

This means that Intel will be open to a third party own chip plants, including 10 nano technology production line, used in the production of chips of ARM technology. This authorization agreement also includes Intel chips for LG, Netronome and spreadtrum production. In addition, Intel's future may also be other companies such as apple, qualcomm, nvidia 64 bit chip production ARM design.

Although Intel is undisputed hegemon processor in the PC era, but in the era of mobile devices, Intel has lagged far behind the ARM. The world most smartphones are based on ARM processor design, the ARM chip accounted for 95% of global smartphone shipments, related shipments broke through 3 billion. Intel has released their mobile chips, but due to the compatibility, the problem such as power consumption, slow development in recent years.

However, ARM themselves do not produce chips, but chips licensing fees charged. Total revenue of about $1.5 billion last year. Last month, Japan's softbank technology giant paid $31 billion for the UK mobile ARM chip design company, Mr. Son to explain buy reason when talked about the ARM of the Internet of things in the future development opportunities.

Silicon valley has been rumors that Intel will provide the new apple iPhone baseband chips and processors for apple production. After the authorization agreement with ARM and Intel for apple paved the way for A series of new production orders. Apple series A chip is produced by samsung and TSMC.

Intel's global vice President, China Yang xu then said in an interview with the media, Intel and ARM is not entirely competitive relationship, can also be a partnership. Use Intel, for example, the perception of technology, but the use of ARM chips, the two sides can be complementary relationship.

In particular, he explained that Intel chips more is used in the field of PC with the operations such as, while smartphone needs to focus on a variety of functional modules, fast, low cost, low power consumption needs to be designed. Intel could not finish all chips, to selectively for Soc. Intel is good at high computing power chip, provide real-time perception, etc. New technology products, in the field of low-power and low-cost chip, not, director of Intel, perhaps more suitable for the ARM. For example, he said, millet bracelet chips, used for the product so there is no need for Intel chips.