When Intel and data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft”>Microsoft announced their plan to build data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-lands-dollar15-billion-foundry-deal-for-custom-microsoft-processor-18a-process-tech-to-be-used-for-very-exciting-platform-shift” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-lands-dollar15-billion-foundry-deal-for-custom-microsoft-processor-18a-process-tech-to-be-used-for-very-exciting-platform-shift”>a ‘custom processor’ on Intel’s 18A fabrication process in early 2024, neither of the companies even hinted at the purpose of that silicon, leaving a lot of space for guesswork and interpretation by industry observers. Today, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://semiaccurate.com/2025/10/17/intel-foundry-has-a-large-ai-client-for-18a-ap/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://semiaccurate.com/2025/10/17/intel-foundry-has-a-large-ai-client-for-18a-ap/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>SemiAccurate reportedly data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://x.com/Jukanlosreve/status/1979187241537933575″ data-url=”https://x.com/Jukanlosreve/status/1979187241537933575″ target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>broke the silence about Intel Foundry’s 18A foundry customers, reporting that Intel Foundry (IF) is on track to produce an AI processor on 18A or 18A-P for Microsoft.
So far, Intel Foundry has officially…
