In the global semiconductor foundry market, the mainstream choice is TSMC, Samsung, UMC, SMIC and other companies, Intel has a low share in each of these areas, but a few days ago they reached cooperation with MediaTek, MediaTek will debut a custom Intel 16 process, this cooperation has shaken the industry.
According to the details of MediaTek and Intel cooperation, Intel also developed a new “Intel 16” process specifically for MediaTek, that is, Intel 16nm, based on 22nm FFL improvements, which is a very mature process.
MediaTek’s 16nm chip is expected to start mass production in early 2023, before the two sides did not announce the Intel 16 process-specific foundry products, today’s earnings meeting MediaTek CEO Lixing Cai confirmed some details, said the digital TV and mature process WiFi chip will be given to Intel foundry.
Considering that these two types of chips do not need the most advanced process, Intel 16 process can already meet the demand, this result does not surprise anyone.
In addition, MediaTek CEO Richard Tsai also appeased TSMC, in the advanced process will continue to maintain a close relationship with TSMC.
But previous news shows that Intel’s advanced processes, such as Intel 3 next year will also be mass production, MediaTek will also use this generation of processes, which is Intel really grabbing business with TSMC.
