Marrakesh, March 24. (Morocco-News) –
Nvidia has hinted that it will explore the possibility of a future collaboration with Intel and its foundry services, with the goal of having Intel develop chips for its graphics cards as a core part of the company’s strategy. business. part of Intel’s IDM 2.0 formula.
Intel Device Manufacturing 2.0 (IDM 2.0) is a strategy unveiled by company CEO Pat Gelsinger last March that aims to combine three essential elements.
This is to maintain its global network of in-house factories, leverage its existing relationships with third-party foundries and build a world-class foundry business, Services Intel Foundry.
At the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC), which he attended on Wednesday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hinted that the company was considering using Intel Foundry Services to manufacture the chips for its graphics cards. .
” We have very open minded and we are considering using Intel for this future task. Personally, I am delighted with the efforts you are making as a company,” Mr. Huang said during the meeting, according to Bloomberg.
When the American multinational unveiled its initial investment in building factories in the United States, it expressed its intention to profit from its relations with other semiconductor manufacturers who collaborate in the production of different technologies for Intel.
Huang insisted that such a business alliance would not happen in a short period of time and that in order to move forward, some preliminary steps related to their business model would have to be completed.
“We need to align the technology, the business models need to be common, the capability needs to be aligned, the operating process and the nature of the two businesses…”. must be aligned for this to happen“added the Nvidia executive.
He also stressed that supply chains must be integrated and that their partnerships with other manufacturers such as TSMC and Samsung “took a long time to formalize”.
Intel announced a few days ago an initial investment of more than 33 billion euros, which will increase to 80 billion during the decade, to stimulate the production of microprocessors in the following countries the European Union.
Among its projects are the construction of a mega-factory in Germany, the doubling of the capacity of its facilities in Ireland, as well as other projects in Italy, France, Poland and Spain.
