Intel Arc G3 interview transcript — Intel's Senior Product Director talks new handheld chips, Arrow Lake Refresh, and RTX Spark
That initiative has never taken off, so eventually Intel kicked off its SoFIA ( Smart or Feature Phone on Intel Architecture ) joint SoC development program that enabled third parties to use Intel Atom cores and modem technology (implemented using TSMC's 28nm node) in their application processors for handsets. While both Rockchip and Spreadtrum eventually came up with their SoFIA 3G and SoFIA 4G SoCs based on Airmont cores and made on TSMC's 28nm technology, both processors were released in 2015, had to compete against SoCs made on Samsung's 14nm-class node or TSMC's 16FFC node, and never got popular. Ultimately, Intel produced an eight-core Spreadtrum SoC at its fabs using its 14nm manufacturing technology, but that processor also failed on the market.
As a result, Intel licensing a CPU core to a third party is a very rare occurrence these days and the first in this decade. The reasons behind the move are completely unclear because the RosaicLabs startup is two months old, it cannot pay Intel cash, and its commercial prospects are completely unclear. While one may argue that now that Rosaic has access to x86 cores, it is not going to pursue Arm or RISC-V cores, keeping in mind that hundreds of startups choose Arm or RISC-V every year, addressing one startup does not enable Intel to expand its x86 share compared to Arm or RISC-V tangibly.
In any case, for now, the deal between Intel and RosaicLabs leaves more questions than answers, mainly because all we know about RosaicLabs is that it is led by an old acquittance of Intel's chief exec, Lip-Bu Tan.
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usertests That's intriguing and it could be a great ploy to get more customers at Intel Foundry. It will be interesting to learn how new the core is, and how it's being used. It could be a fairly new core if Intel wants to use up spare newer fab capacity (since they still lack customers). And they could do something like take a Darkmont core and clock it like a Quark. Reply
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