Intel早已對ARM陣營的foundry業務牛刀小試。Altera的64位元ARM晶片採intel 14nm製程，將於2014年底完成，並於2015年開始量產。Netronome的stream processor由Intel代工，也是ARM架構。







Intel plans to continue to leverage its manufacturing leadership and open its foundry business to a broader list of companies that will be able to utilize Intel’s IDM advantage. The foundry offering consists of a dual approach which can offer semi-custom IA products for key customers or provide custom foundry services including full design services. Historically, Intel has said that it would not enable competitors to IA with its foundry business […] We continue to view Intel’s longer-term prospects positively.
- Ruben Roy with Mizuho Securities USA


Intel開放foundry業務，向ARM陣營的基頻晶片和手機應用處理器對手招手，僅是其一廂情願，難以成局，因為主要競爭對手大概沒人願意和強敵分享晶片設計核心細節。再者，foundry業界尚有其他選項，除非Samsung或GloFo無法於2015年量產14nm。而TSMC的20nm製程在2014年將囊括所有主要的行動通訊大咖，稍早傳聞Apple將部分A8處理器轉單Intel英特爾的可能性極低。
- Merril Lynch

Intel和Apple、Qualcomm、nVidia間存在某種程度的競爭衝突，代工訂單取得有難度。
- Macquarie



Most importantly, Intel appears to be extending its manufacturing lead over TSMC, which we think translates to share gains in tablets and smartphones. Intel was driving transistor cost down faster than it has before, while TSMC stalls on the transistor cost curve. We quantified Intel’s die size advantage over TSMC to be 35% on 14nm and 45% on 10nm. We expect this to translate into share gains in tablets and smartphones.
- Mark Lipacis with Jefferies & Co.

Intel believes it will have ~35% advantage in area scaling on 14nm FF (vs. 16nm TSMC) and 45% on 10nm (vs. TSMC). Intel has all of the tools to succeed, and those tools appear to be even better than ever in next 2–4 years.
- Doug Freedman at RBC Capital Markets

Intel believes that it currently has a 3.5 year advantage over TSMC and that it is currently driving cost down faster than Moore’s Law. Overall, we believe that Intel’s manufacturing edge could make a significant difference in the future competition with vendors that use TSMC and Samsung.
- Daniel Amir with Lazard Capital Markets