英特尔已将微软列为其合同芯片制造部门(Intel Foundry)的客户。该部门于三年前成立。微软首席执行官萨提亚·纳德拉 (Satya Nadella) 在英特尔的一次活动上说,微软正在设计芯片,将在英特尔最先进的工厂之一制造。纳德拉没有透露英特尔代工的芯片型号。英特尔正在大力投入芯片代工业务,以赶上业内翘楚台积电和三星电子。为此,该公司正在新建大量芯片工厂,每家工厂耗资数百亿美元。
Intel has announced Microsoft as a customer of its contract chip manufacturing division. The division, known as Intel Foundry, was established three years ago. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella mentioned during an Intel event that Microsoft is designing chips that will be manufactured at one of Intel’s most advanced factories. Nadella did not disclose the specific chip models that Intel will be manufacturing on behalf of Microsoft. Intel is making significant investments in its chip manufacturing business to catch up with industry leaders such as TSMC and Samsung Electronics. As part of this effort, the company is building multiple chip fabrication facilities, each costing billions of dollars.