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Intel 4 Node Lands First Foundry Customer: Fortinet's Security Chip

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Tom's Hardware ·

Intel will manufacture Fortinet's sixth-generation Security Processor (SP6) on its Intel 4 node, marking the first foundry win for that process. The deal comes three years after Intel originally developed Intel 4 for its own Meteor Lake chips. Fortinet's firewall ASIC will be designed, packaged, and fabricated by Intel.

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This is a modest but symbolic win for Intel's foundry ambitions, though on a mature node rather than cutting-edge process.
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Fortinet becomes Intel 4's first foundry customer, following firewall ASIC deal — CEO Lip-Bu Tan's promised foundry wins begin to surface, but on a mature node →
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