Intel asks samsung for help making their desktop cpus

According to a Korean source, Intel has turned to a third-party manufacturer to manufacture a portion of its CPUs. Intel has previously turned to TSMC to make nonessential chips like Northbridge, but has always created its desktop processors. If this report is true, it is the first time in history that Intel has turned to a third party to manufacture its CPUs, in this case, Samsung.

It is the first time in history that Intel has turned to a third party to manufacture its CPUs.

Just a week ago, Intel sent an open letter to its partners apologizing for not solving the supply problems and warning them of the inability to meet CPU demand in the current quarter (and in the future). This was closely followed by OEMs such as Dell who came out with drastically reduced forecasts and who blamed Intel.

The picture seems to be much more complex than what they want to see from Intel. Samsung obtained orders to produce Intel's desktop processor chips, giving it a significant boost to strengthen its relatively weak manufacturing business.

Intel has been struggling to keep up with the growing demand for PC CPUs and has contacted two of the world's largest manufacturers, TSMC in Taiwan and Samsung, to share some of the burden, according to the Korean source..

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The report in question indicates that Samsung Foundries has been awarded a contract to produce the Intel CPU arrays. This is something that many of us think would never happen due to the strict standards that Intel requires for production. Here it seems they have had no choice if they want to meet the ever-increasing demand for desktop CPUs. We will see how this matter develops in 2020, but everything indicates that they will continue to lose ground against AMD in the short term.

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