Intel Fortifies Foundry with an Actual Customer: Fortinet
Fortinet said the SP6 will use Intel 4 process technology and American factory production, while key performance and launch details remain undisclosed.
- On Tuesday, Fortinet and Intel announced a partnership to produce the SP6 security processor using Intel Foundry services, with manufacturing set on the Intel 4 process node.
- Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who took over in March 2025, is aggressively expanding foundry services to compete with TSMC, positioning American manufacturing as offering supply chain security difficult to find elsewhere.
- Ken Xie, founder, chairman, and CEO of Fortinet, said the collaboration will "accelerate and strengthen our ASIC strategy," reflecting the company's two-decade preference for custom silicon over commodity hardware.
- While the SP6 uses the older Intel 4 process rather than the 18A or 14A nodes, Intel continues seeking a "significant" customer for its most advanced manufacturing technology to justify capital expenditures.
- Intel reports second-quarter results on Thursday, and ServeTheHome estimates this deal represents a slice of a roughly $2 billion hardware business rather than the larger anchor revenue Intel is actively pursuing.
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