Intel is gearing up to start making 64 bit ARM chips starting next year. Before you jump to conclusions, do know that Intel is planning to fabricate 64 bit ARM chips for its partner Altera, signaling a huge wave of change for the company. It is very well known that Intel is struggling in its mobile business, only recently making strides with the Clovertrail and Baytrail SoCs, and they are all based on the x86 architecture. Intel does not only make its own chips, it does fabrication for other companies too, like Altera for example. The current market leader for ARM fabrication is undoubtedly TSMC, which does fabrication for most companies from Nvidia to Qualcomm. So, in perfect sense, Intel is now a competitor to TSMC rather than Qualcomm or Nvidia. At the ARM developers’ conference today, Intel partner Alteraannounced that the world’s largest semiconductor company will fabricate its ARM’s 64-bit chips starting next year. Now, the source article, from which the above quote is derived is sensationalist to say the least because Intel is actually only starting fabricating ARM chips for other companies than itself, but the news itself has serious implications because, as of now, Intel is not a ARM ...Source: http://www.fonearena.com/blog/86547/intel-to-make-64-bit-arm-chips-starting-next-year.html
