MediaTek Teams up with Intel on Chips Manufacturing for Smart Edge Devices

Intel and Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company, MediaTek today sealed a partnership to manufacture chips deploying Intel’s Foundry Services’ (IFS) advanced process technologies.

The agreement will see MediaTek equipped enough to build a more balanced, resilient supply chain through the addition of a new foundry partner with significant capacity in the United States and Europe.

Leveraging Intel process technologies, MediaTek will manufacture multiple chips for a range of smart edge devices. IFS offers a broad manufacturing platform with technologies optimized for high performance, low power and always-on connectivity built on a roadmap that spans production-proven three-dimensional FinFET transistors to next-generation breakthroughs.

Speaking on the partnership, IFS President Randhir Thakur said, “As one of the world’s leading fabless chip designers powering more than 2 billion devices a year, MediaTek is a terrific partner for IFS as we enter our next phase of growth. We have the right combination of advanced process technology and geographically diverse capacity to help MediaTek deliver the next billion connected devices across a range of applications.”

NS Tsai, corporate senior vice president of Platform Technology & Manufacturing Operations at MediaTek, said, “MediaTek has long adopted a multi-sourcing strategy. We have an existing 5G data card business partnership with Intel, and now extend our relationship to manufacturing smart edge devices through Intel Foundry Services. With its commitment to major capacity expansions, IFS provides value to MediaTek as we seek to create a more diversified supply chain. We look forward to building a long-term partnership to serve the fast-growing demand for our products from customers across the globe.”