Editing Intel (section)

====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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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>