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Intel Licenses Atom x86 Cores to Startup for Custom Chips
Intel is reportedly licensing its Atom-class x86 core designs to a startup, including RTL, enabling the company to build custom processors. The startup was incorporated in May and is backed by a co-investor of Lip-Bu Tan. This marks a rare move by Intel to open its x86 architecture to external chip design.
Meridian48 take
While this could signal a new licensing revenue stream for Intel, the startup's lack of track record raises questions about whether it can successfully commercialize custom x86 chips.
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Intel licenses Atom-class x86 cores to startup — firm reportedly sharing RTL, enabling customer to build its own custom processors based on x86 general-purpose cores →
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