Intel and Arm join forces on chip production     

UK chip designer Arm and Intel’s contract manufacturing business unit Intel Foundry Services (IFS) have partnered to combine Arm core and Intel angstrom-era process technology.
The deal will enable chip designers to build low-power compute system-on-chips (SoCs) on the Intel 18A process. Arm partners will now be able to utilise Intel’s open system foundry model, which as well as ‘traditional’ wafer fabrication includes packaging, software and chiplets.
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