Intel and ARM reach licensing agreements: future generations of
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Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco today (IDF), Intel has released a number of layout products in the field of new technologies, including MR fusion reality goggles, networking chips Joule (Joule). But there is a non-news also attracted media attention. Intel has made a new licensing agreement with ARM, Intel factory will be able to produce ARM chips in the future.
This means that Intel will open its chip plants to third parties, including 10 lines of nano-technology, used in the production ARM of chip technology. This license includes the Intel LG, Netronome and Spreadtrum production chips. In addition, Intel's future as well as Apple, Qualcomm, NVIDIA and other company's production ARM 64bit chip.
Although processors for Intel in the PC era was the undisputed Overlord, but in the era of mobile devices, Intel has lagged far behind the ARM. Currently the world's most intelligent mobile processors based on ARM's designs, ARM chips have accounted for 95% of the global smart phone shipments, shipments exceeded 3 billion. Intel has released its mobile chips, but compatible, power problems, slow development in recent years.
However, the ARM does not produce the chip, chips but charged a licensing fee. Total revenues of about $ 1.5 billion last year. Last month, Japan Science and technology giant SOFTBANK for $ 31 billion acquisition of the United Kingdom mobile chip designer ARM, Masayoshi Son, explanation about the ARM acquisition Internet development opportunities in the future.
Diminishing as Intel's comeback hopes in the mobile space, the company seems to be gradually changing the competitive strategy, the cooperative holds an open attitude. Silicon Valley has been rumored Intel will give Apple new iPhone baseband chip processor for Apple production. Following the authorization agreement with ARM, but also for the Intel Apple paves the way for a series of new production orders. A series of Apple chips are handed over to Samsung and TSMC's production.
Intel Vice President Yang Xu, China, and later in an interview with media such as Sina science and technology, said Intel and ARM is not quite the rivalry can also be a cooperative relationship. For example, using Intel's technology, but uses the ARM chip, can be a complementary relationship between the parties.
He explained that the more Intel chips are used in operational areas such as PC and smart phone you need to focus on a variety of functional modules, we need to design faster, low cost and low power consumption. Intel could not finish all the chips, to selectively Soc. Intel is an expert in high power chip provides new technology products such as time, in the field of low-power and low-cost chips, not Intel's Director, may be better suited to ARM. For example, he said, millet bracelet product on a chip, Intel chip is not required.
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今天在旧金山召开的英特尔全球开发者论坛（IDF），英特尔发布了诸多布局新技术领域的产品，包括融合现实MR眼罩、物联网芯片焦耳（Joule）。但有一个非产品的消息同样引起了媒体关注。英特尔已经与ARM达成了新的授权协议，英特尔工厂未来将可以生产ARM芯片。
这意味着，英特尔将向第三方开放自己的芯片工厂，包括10纳米工艺的生产线，用于生产ARM技术的芯片。这一授权协议也包括了英特尔为LG、Netronome和展讯生产芯片。此外，英特尔未来也可以为苹果、高通、英伟达等其他公司生产ARM设计的64bit芯片。
虽然英特尔在PC时代是毫无争议的处理器霸主，但在移动设备时代，英特尔却远远落在了ARM的后面。目前全球绝大部分智能手机的处理器都是基于ARM的设计，ARM芯片已经占据了全球智能手机出货量的95%，相关出货量突破了30亿部。英特尔虽然也发布自己的移动芯片，但由于兼容、功耗等问题，近年来发展缓慢。
不过，ARM自己并不生产芯片，而是收取芯片授权费。去年总营收约为15亿美元。上个月，日本科技巨头软银斥资310亿美元收购了英国移动芯片设计公司ARM，孙正义在解释收购理由时谈到了ARM在未来物联网的发展机遇。
随着英特尔在移动领域的翻盘希望日益渺茫，该公司似乎也在逐步改变竞争策略，对合作持有开放态度。硅谷一直传言英特尔将为苹果提供新的iPhone基带芯片甚至为苹果生产处理器。此次与ARM达成授权协议之后，也为英特尔接下苹果A系列新品生产订单铺平了道路。目前苹果的A系列芯片是交由三星和台积电生产的。
英特尔全球副总裁、中国区总裁杨旭随后在接受新浪科技等媒体采访时表示，英特尔和ARM并不完全是竞争关系，也可以是合作关系。比如说，使用英特尔的感知技术，但使用ARM的芯片，双方可以是互补的关系。
他具体解释说，英特尔此前的芯片更多是运用在PC等运算为主的领域，而智能手机则需要集中各种功能模块，需要设计快、成本低、功耗低。英特尔不可能做完所有芯片，要有选择性地做Soc。英特尔擅长的是高运算能力的芯片，提供实时感知等新技术的产品，在低功耗和低成本芯片领域，并不是英特尔的所长，或许更适合ARM。他举例说，小米手环这样产品所用的芯片，就不需要英特尔的芯片。
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