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===Reorganization and success with Intel Core (2005–2015)=== In 2005, CEO [[Paul Otellini]] reorganized the company to refocus its core processor and chipset business on platforms (enterprise, digital home, digital health, and mobility). On June 6, 2005, [[Steve Jobs]], then CEO of [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], announced that Apple would be using Intel's x86 processors for its [[Macintosh]] computers, switching from the [[PowerPC]] architecture developed by the [[AIM alliance]].<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|title=Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2005/06/06Apple-to-Use-Intel-Microprocessors-Beginning-in-2006/|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=Apple Newsroom|language=en-US|archive-date=January 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130185804/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2005/06/06Apple-to-Use-Intel-Microprocessors-Beginning-in-2006/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was seen as a win for Intel;<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|last1=Markoff|first1=John|author1-link=John Markoff|last2=Lohr|first2=Steve|date=June 6, 2005|title=Apple Plans to SwitchFrom I.B.M. to Intel Chips|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/06/technology/apple-plans-to-switchfrom-ibm-to-intel-chips.html |access-date=February 15, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904221915/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/06/technology/apple-plans-to-switchfrom-ibm-to-intel-chips.html|archive-date=September 4, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> an analyst called the move "risky" and "foolish", as Intel's current offerings at the time were considered to be behind those of AMD and IBM.<ref name="Computerworld1">{{cite news|last1=Bennett|first1=Amy|date=2005|title=Apple shifting from PowerPC to Intel|work=[[Computerworld]]|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2809210/apple-shifting-from-powerpc-to-intel.html|access-date=August 4, 2020|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113060929/https://www.computerworld.com/article/2809210/apple-shifting-from-powerpc-to-intel.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006, Intel unveiled its [[Core (microarchitecture)|Core microarchitecture]] to widespread critical acclaim; the product range was perceived as an exceptional leap in processor performance that at a stroke regained much of its leadership of the field.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sandhu|first=Tarinder|date=July 14, 2006|title=Intel Core 2 Duo/Extreme processor review|publisher=Hexus technology news & reviews|url=http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6184|access-date=October 15, 2009|archive-date=October 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016044047/http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6184|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-22 |title=Máy Tính Gia Phát |trans-title=Gia Phát Computer |url=https://maytinhgiaphat.vn/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Schofield|first=Jack|date=July 27, 2006|title=Intel raises the bar as AMD drops prices in chip battle|work=The Guardian|location=UK|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/jul/27/comment.insideit|access-date=October 15, 2009|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801210845/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/jul/27/comment.insideit|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, Intel had another "tick" when it introduced the Penryn microarchitecture, fabricated using the 45 nm process node. Later that year, Intel released a processor with the [[Nehalem (microarchitecture)|Nehalem]] architecture to positive reception.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nelson|first=Carl|title=Intel Core i7 "Nehalem" CPU Review|url=http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-372-11.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218162625/http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-372-11.htm|archive-date=December 18, 2013|access-date=December 9, 2013|work=www.hardcoreware.net}}</ref> On June 27, 2006, the sale of Intel's [[XScale]] assets was announced. Intel agreed to sell the XScale processor business to [[Marvell Technology Group]] for an estimated $600 million and the assumption of unspecified liabilities. The move was intended to permit Intel to focus its resources on its core x86 and server businesses, and the [[Mergers and acquisitions|acquisition]] completed on November 9, 2006.<ref name="XScale">{{Cite news|date=June 27, 2006|title=Marvell buys Intel's handheld processor unit for $600 million|work=eetimes.com|publisher=CMP Media LLC.|url=http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189601851|url-status=dead|access-date=July 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929101919/http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189601851|archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref> In 2008, Intel spun off key assets of a solar startup business effort to form an independent company, SpectraWatt Inc. In 2011, SpectraWatt filed for bankruptcy.<ref name="eetimes1">''[[EE Times]]''. [http://eetimes.com/electronics-news/4219234/Intel-s-solar-spinoff-files-for-bankruptcy "Intel's solar spinoff files for bankruptcy"]. August 23, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2011. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930003258/http://eetimes.com/electronics-news/4219234/Intel-s-solar-spinoff-files-for-bankruptcy |date=September 30, 2011 }}</ref> In February 2011, Intel began to build a new microprocessor manufacturing facility in [[Chandler, Arizona]], completed in 2013 at a cost of $5 billion.<ref>[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110218005980/en/Intel-Invest-5-Billion-Build-Factory-Arizona Intel to Invest More Than $5 billion to Build New Factory in Arizona] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222175644/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110218005980/en/Intel-Invest-5-Billion-Build-Factory-Arizona |date=February 22, 2011 }}. Business Wire (February 18, 2011). Retrieved July 8, 2011.</ref> The building is now the 10 nm-certified Fab 42 and is connected to the other Fabs (12, 22, 32) on Ocotillo Campus via an enclosed bridge known as the Link.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Video: Intel's Fab 42: A Peek Inside One of the World’s Most Advanced Factories {{!}} Intel Newsroom |url=https://newsroom.intel.com/video-archive/video-intels-fab-42-a-peek-inside-one-of-the-worlds-most-advanced-factories/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230118185916/https://newsroom.intel.com/video-archive/video-intels-fab-42-a-peek-inside-one-of-the-worlds-most-advanced-factories/ |archive-date=2023-01-18 |access-date=2025-05-20 |work=Intel Newsroom |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Ryan Randazzo |author2=Jerod MacDonald-Evoy |title=Intel says it's investing $7B in Chandler facility, bringing 3K jobs|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/jobs/2017/02/08/intel-says-s-investing-7b-chandler-facility-bringing-3000-jobs-fab-42/97648708/|access-date=September 7, 2020|website=The Arizona Republic|language=en-US|archive-date=February 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208100456/https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/jobs/2017/02/08/intel-says-s-investing-7b-chandler-facility-bringing-3000-jobs-fab-42/97648708/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Paulina|title=Roadwork paves way for Intel's massive Fab 42 campus in Chandler|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/chandler/2019/06/17/roadwork-paves-way-intels-massive-fab-42-campus-chandler/1451103001/|access-date=September 7, 2020|website=The Arizona Republic|language=en-US|archive-date=February 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208100537/https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/chandler/2019/06/17/roadwork-paves-way-intels-massive-fab-42-campus-chandler/1451103001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Shilov|first=Anton|title=Intel Q3 2019 Fab Update: 10nm Product Era Has Begun, 7nm On Track|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/15032/intel-2019-fab-update-10nm-hvm-7nm-on-track|access-date=September 7, 2020|website=www.anandtech.com|archive-date=October 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028134920/https://www.anandtech.com/show/15032/intel-2019-fab-update-10nm-hvm-7nm-on-track|url-status=live}}</ref> The company produces three-quarters of its products in the United States, although three-quarters of its revenue come from overseas.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Intel Plans to Build $5 Billion Chip Plant in Arizona |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-18/intel-plans-to-build-5-billion-chip-plant-in-arizona-hire-4-000-workers.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20131212035739/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-18/intel-plans-to-build-5-billion-chip-plant-in-arizona-hire-4-000-workers.html |archive-date=2013-12-12 |access-date=2025-05-20 |work=Bloomberg |language=en}}</ref> The [[Alliance for Affordable Internet]] (A4AI) was launched in October 2013 and Intel is part of the coalition of public and private organizations that also includes [[Facebook]], [[Google]], and [[Microsoft]]. Led by [[Tim Berners-Lee|Sir Tim Berners-Lee]], the A4AI seeks to make Internet access more affordable to broaden access in the developing world, where only 31% of people are online. Google will help to decrease Internet access prices so that they fall below the UN Broadband Commission's worldwide target of 5% of monthly income.<ref>{{cite news|author=Samuel Gibbs|date=October 7, 2013|title=Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Google lead coalition for cheaper Internet|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/07/google-berners-lee-alliance-broadband-africa?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2&et_cid=51918&et_rid=7107573&Linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.theguardian.com%2ftechnology%2f2013%2foct%2f07%2fgoogle-berners-lee-alliance-broadband-africa|access-date=October 8, 2013|archive-date=October 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019223548/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/07/google-berners-lee-alliance-broadband-africa?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2&et_cid=51918&et_rid=7107573&Linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.theguardian.com%2ftechnology%2f2013%2foct%2f07%2fgoogle-berners-lee-alliance-broadband-africa|url-status=live}}</ref> ====Attempts at entering the smartphone market==== In April 2011, Intel began a pilot project with [[ZTE Corporation]] to produce smartphones using the [[Intel Atom]] processor for China's domestic market. In December 2011, Intel announced that it reorganized several of its business units into a new mobile and communications group<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barak |first=Sylvie |date=2011-12-15 |title=Intel announces mobile and wireless reorganization |url=https://www.eetimes.com/Intel-announces-mobile-and-wireless-reorganization-/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104140430/http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4233223/Intel-announces-mobile-and-wireless-reorganization- |archive-date=January 4, 2012 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=EE Times}}</ref> that would be responsible for the company's smartphone, tablet, and wireless efforts. Intel planned to introduce Medfield – a processor for tablets and smartphones – to the market in 2012, as an effort to compete with Arm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CNET: Product reviews, advice, how-tos and the latest news |url=https://www.cnet.com/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208100459/https://www.cnet.com/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 |archive-date=February 8, 2024 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=CNET |language=en}}</ref> As a 32-nanometer processor, Medfield is designed to be energy-efficient, one of Arm's chips' core features.<ref name="autogenerated12">Agam Shah, ''[[IDG News]]''. [http://www.pcworld.com/article/229596/intels_new_smartphone_chip_is_key_arm_battle.html "Intel's New Smartphone Chip Is Key ARM Battle"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711142802/http://www.pcworld.com/article/229596/intels_new_smartphone_chip_is_key_arm_battle.html|date=July 11, 2011}}. June 7, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2011.</ref> Intel's partnership with Google was announced at the Intel Developers Forum (IDF) 2011 in San Francisco. In January 2012, Google announced Android 2.3, supporting Intel's Atom microprocessor.<ref>Will Knight, ''[[Technology Review]]''. [http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38578/?p1=A4 "Intel Chases a More Power-Efficient Future"]. September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Intel and Google form Android chip alliance |url=https://www.ft.com/content/544c33a8-de3b-11e0-9fb7-00144feabdc0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129185021/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/544c33a8-de3b-11e0-9fb7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1YRA3N2Dr |archive-date=November 29, 2011 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.ft.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>All Geek. [http://www.allgeek.tv/2011/09/12/intel-to-officially-support-android-2-3-gingerbread-by-january-2012/ "Intel to Officially Support Android 2.3 Gingerbread by January 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129194512/http://www.allgeek.tv/2011/09/12/intel-to-officially-support-android-2-3-gingerbread-by-january-2012/|date=November 29, 2011}}. September 12, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.</ref> In 2013, Intel's Kirk Skaugen said that Intel's exclusive focus on Microsoft platforms was a thing of the past and that they would now support all "tier-one operating systems" such as Linux, Android, iOS, and Chrome.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Clark|first1=Jack|date=November 22, 2013|title=Chipzilla couldn't keep up with ARM-dominated mobe world|url=http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2013/11/22/intel_end_of_wintel/|access-date=December 3, 2013|website=channelregister.co.uk|publisher=The Register|archive-date=December 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206211259/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2013/11/22/intel_end_of_wintel/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, Intel cut thousands of employees in response to "evolving market trends",<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hargreaves|first1=Steve|date=January 17, 2014|title=Intel to cut over 5,000 jobs|website=cnn.com|publisher=CNNMoney|url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/01/17/technology/intel-jobs/|access-date=January 17, 2014|archive-date=January 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118015900/http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/17/technology/intel-jobs/|url-status=live}}</ref> and offered to subsidize manufacturers for the extra costs involved in using Intel chips in their tablets. In April 2016, Intel cancelled the [[SoFIA]] platform and the Broxton Atom SoC for smartphones,<ref>{{cite web|title=Intel's Changing Future: Smartphone SoCs Broxton & SoFIA Officially Cancelled|url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/10288/intel-broxton-sofia-smartphone-socs-cancelled|access-date=June 13, 2017|website=Anandtech.com|archive-date=June 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630181344/http://www.anandtech.com/show/10288/intel-broxton-sofia-smartphone-socs-cancelled|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Edgar Cervantes|title=Intel exits the smartphone & tablet market after killing Broxton and SoFIA chips|url=http://www.androidauthority.com/intel-exits-smartphone-tablet-market-killing-broxton-sofia-chips-690218/|access-date=June 13, 2017|website=Androidauthority.com|date=May 2016|archive-date=June 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616035746/http://www.androidauthority.com/intel-exits-smartphone-tablet-market-killing-broxton-sofia-chips-690218/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Intel's New Strategy Is The Right One For The Company|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2016/04/28/intels-new-strategy-is-the-right-one-for-the-company/|access-date=June 13, 2017|website=Forbes.com|archive-date=September 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929024606/https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2016/04/28/intels-new-strategy-is-the-right-one-for-the-company/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=April 26, 2016|title=Brian Krzanich: Our Strategy and The Future of Intel | Intel Newsroom|url=https://newsroom.intel.com/editorials/brian-krzanich-our-strategy-and-the-future-of-intel/|access-date=June 13, 2017|website=Newsroom.intel.com|archive-date=September 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903104927/https://newsroom.intel.com/editorials/brian-krzanich-our-strategy-and-the-future-of-intel/|url-status=live}}</ref> effectively leaving the smartphone market.<ref name="MyUser_Theverge.com_June_1_2016c">{{cite web|title=Intel's new smartphone strategy is to quit|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/3/11576216/intel-atom-smartphone-quit|access-date=June 1, 2016|newspaper=Theverge.com|date=May 3, 2016|archive-date=June 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604115948/http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/3/11576216/intel-atom-smartphone-quit|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="verge2">{{cite web|title=Intel knows it's no longer inside|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/31/11817818/intel-computex-2016-keynote-report|access-date=June 1, 2016|newspaper=Theverge.com|date=May 31, 2016|archive-date=June 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601022614/http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/31/11817818/intel-computex-2016-keynote-report|url-status=live}}</ref> ====Intel custom foundry==== Finding itself with excess fab capacity after the failure of the [[Ultrabook]] to gain market traction and with PC sales declining, in 2013 Intel reached a [[Semiconductor fabrication plant|foundry]] agreement to produce chips for [[Altera]] using a 14 nm process. General Manager of Intel's custom foundry division Sunit Rikhi indicated that Intel would pursue further such deals in the future.<ref>{{cite web|last=Parnell|first=Brid-Aine|title=Intel throws open chip ovens to Altera – but who's next: Apple?|url=https://www.theregister.com/2013/02/26/intel_altera_chip_deal/|website=www.theregister.com|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805002056/https://www.theregister.com/2013/02/26/intel_altera_chip_deal/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was after poor sales of [[Windows 8]] hardware caused a major retrenchment for most of the major semiconductor manufacturers, except for Qualcomm, which continued to see healthy purchases from its largest customer, Apple.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kunert|first=Paul|title=Intel and pals shrink their semis by $600m as demand droops|url=https://www.theregister.com/2013/03/18/chip_maker_cut_inventory/|website=www.theregister.com|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808103807/https://www.theregister.com/2013/03/18/chip_maker_cut_inventory/|url-status=live}}</ref> As of July 2013, five companies were using Intel's fabs via the ''Intel Custom Foundry'' division: [[Achronix]], [[Tabula (company)|Tabula]], [[Netronome]], [[Microsemi]], and [[Panasonic]]{{snd}}most are [[field-programmable gate array]] (FPGA) makers, but Netronome designs network processors. Only Achronix began shipping chips made by Intel using the 22 nm Tri-Gate process.<ref>[http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/07/intel_dabbles_in_contract_manu.html "Intel dabbles in contract manufacturing, weighing tradeoffs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629122730/http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/07/intel_dabbles_in_contract_manu.html |date=June 29, 2017 }}, ''[[The Oregonian]]'', July 27, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1280814 "Intel to make 22-nm chips for Microsemi"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928102843/http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1280814 |date=September 28, 2013 }}, ''[[EETimes]]'', February 5, 2013: "Microsemi...becomes Intel's fifth publicly disclosed foundry customer, joining network processor provider Netronome and FPGA vendors Altera, Achronix and Tabula."</ref> Several other customers also exist but were not announced at the time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Don |date=2013-05-01 |title=Microsemi Emerges As Another Intel Manufacturing Customer |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-DGB-26802 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709234818/https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/05/01/microsemi-emerges-as-another-intel-manufacturing-customer/ |archive-date=July 9, 2017 |access-date=2025-05-20 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> The foundry business was closed in 2018 due to Intel's issues with its manufacturing.<ref>{{cite web|last=Riemenschneider|first=Frank|title=Four years after the announcement: Intel apparently closes down foundry business|url=https://www.elektroniknet.de/international/intel-apparently-closes-down-foundry-business.161048.html|access-date=April 8, 2021|website=Elektroniknet|language=de|archive-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616201735/https://www.elektroniknet.de/international/intel-apparently-closes-down-foundry-business.161048.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Cutress|first=Dr Ian|title=Intel's New IDM 2.0 Strategy: $20b for Two Fabs, Meteor Lake 7nm Tiles, New Foundry Services, IBM Collaboration, Return of IDF|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/16573/intels-new-strategy-20b-for-two-fabs-meteor-lake-7nm-tiles-new-foundry-services-ibm-collaboration-return-of-idf|access-date=April 8, 2021|website=www.anandtech.com|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415134711/https://www.anandtech.com/show/16573/intels-new-strategy-20b-for-two-fabs-meteor-lake-7nm-tiles-new-foundry-services-ibm-collaboration-return-of-idf|url-status=live}}</ref>
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