Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said that before the UK left the EU, the country "would have been a site we would have considered ." But he added, "After Brexit... we are looking at EU countries and seeking EU support."
Intel wants to increase its production amid a global chip shortage that has affected many sectors, including the automotive industry. Intel , one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers, says the crisis has shown that the United States and Europe are overly reliant on Asia for their chip manufacturing needs.
In his first speech since taking over as Intel's CEO in February, Pat Gelsinger predicted that semiconductors will make up more than 20% of the total premium vehicle nomenclature by 2030.
That's a growth rate five times higher than the 4% figure in 2019. So far, only a handful of companies have managed to integrate the technologies needed to etch smaller and smaller elements into silicon, and the mastery of extreme ultraviolet lithography. TSMC's (EUV) helped catapult him to the forefront of the pack.
The Taiwanese company and the South Korean company Samsung are the only two semiconductor companies currently using the UVU to produce logic chips on a commercial scale, and TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) dominates at the forefront, with more than 80% of global production.
"Semiconductor shortages will severely disrupt the supply chain and limit the production of many types of electronic products and equipment in 2021," Kanishka Chauhan, a senior research analyst at Gartner, said in May. "Foundries drive up wafer prices, and chipmakers in turn drive up device prices," he added.
Intel announced in August that it had won a foundry services contract as part of a Department of Defense program to support advanced semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. In its case for the project, Intel argues that "the United States is falling behind in semiconductor manufacturing and Congress must act now to fix it."
Intel has yet to introduce UVU into the manufacturing of any of its commercial products, and will not adopt this technology on a large scale until the second half of 2023. Meanwhile, TSMC announced a year later that it owned 50% of all installed EUV machines and had manufactured 60% of all wafers produced with this technology, giving it a significant advantage.
In September, Gelsinger reiterated that Intel plans to build at least two new state-of-the-art semiconductor factories in Europe , with future investments potentially reaching €80 billion over the next decade. He also detailed the elements of the company's announced strategy and explained how these programs will specifically apply to the automotive and mobility industries in the European Union.
Intel's Foundry Services, announced in March, is actively engaged in discussions with potential customers in Europe, including automotive companies and their suppliers. Currently, most automotive chips are manufactured using legacy process technologies. As automotive applications rely on higher-performance processing, these chips are also beginning to migrate to more advanced processing technologies.
Intel is partnering with key players in the automotive industry and committing significant resources in Europe to foster this transition globally over the next few years. The company has announced plans to establish dedicated foundry capacity at its factory in Ireland and launch the Intel Foundry Services Accelerator to help automotive chip designers move to advanced nodes. To achieve this, Intel has established a new design team and is offering both standard and custom IP to meet the unique needs of automotive customers.
Intel CEO predicts digital technology will increase semiconductor share of total new high-end vehicle nomenclature to more than 20% by 2030, more than 5 times more than 4% in 2019 Total automotive silicon addressable market it will more than double by the end of the decade to reach $ 115 billion, or about 11% of the total silicon market.
To meet growing demand, Intel plans to build new chip manufacturing plants in Europe, establish a committed foundry capacity at its Irish site, and launch the Intel Foundry Services Accelerator to help foundry customers take automotive designs to advanced nodes.
Source: https://www.intel.com/