Intel's chip foundry department and ARM announced on Monday that they have reached a cooperation agreement to collaborate on SoC (system level chip) design. Intel and Arm stated that this collaboration will first focus on mobile SoC design, and may later expand to fields such as automobiles, the Internet of Things, data centers, aerospace, and government applications. Arm's customers will benefit from Intel's 18A process technology when designing the next generation mobile SoC.

According to the agreement, Intel's foundry department will provide wafer foundry services to ARM, and ARM will provide Intel with its latest technologies, including the ARMv8-A instruction set and ARMv11-A architecture. These technologies will be used in Intel's wafer foundry business to design and produce SoCs for ARM architecture.

This collaboration is the result of multiple negotiations between Intel and ARM over the past few years. In the past few years, ARM's market share has continued to expand, especially in mobile devices and IoT devices, while Intel maintains a strong position in the server and data center markets. Through cooperation, Intel and ARM can jointly drive the design and development of SoC, thereby increasing market share and competitiveness.

This collaboration will also help Intel expand its wafer foundry business, while ARM can leverage Intel's production lines to enhance its technology commercialization capabilities.