Intel Takes a Wider Role, Making Chips for Others

The New York Times (Nov 1 2010)

1. Intel, for the first time, has agreed to manufacture another company’s chips at its most advanced factories. The move thrusts Intel, the largest and wealthiest chip maker, into the contract manufacturing business dominated by Taiwanese and Chinese companies. Starting next year, Intel will make chips for Achronix Semiconductor, a small company based in Silicon Valley that designs a specialized type of microprocessor used to accelerate computing tasks like shuttling network traffic and encrypting data. (Read Full Article)

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