South Korean manufacturer is silent about a possible partnership with Intel
Samsung comments on Intel’s decision to rely more on contract manufacturing of chips
Intel is one of the few chipmakers with in-house manufacturing. Last week, the company said it intends to rely more on third-party vendors and may even license technology from them.
In fact, only Samsung, which is also the largest manufacturer of memory chips, and TSMC, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of semiconductor products, are competitors to Intel in manufacturing on advanced technical processes.
“We really think Intel’s outsourcing decision – in terms of the entire contract manufacturing market – will increase the latter,” said Shawn Han, Samsung’s senior vice president in charge of contract manufacturing.
However, he declined to comment on any possible partnership with Intel or quantify the impact of the company’s decision.
Intel has already partnered with TSMC to manufacture automotive chips. According to unofficial information, the Taiwanese manufacturer will receive other orders, in particular, for the release of Intel graphics processors for personal computers.
