Intel has just announced that it has launched a $1 billion fund in order to support disruptive technologies for its foundry ecosystem. As part of this new mission, Intel has partnered with RISC-V, a free and open-source standard instruction set architecture .
The tech giant has announced this huge investment on its website, stating that the new fund will be used to strengthen its current foundry business and accelerate the adoption of disruptive technologies. It seems that Intel’s goal is to tick several boxes at once: Adopting new technologies could open the door to new computing capabilities, and expanding its foundry ecosystem could certainly help at a time like this when chips are scarce.
Intel is hoping to use modular products that feature an open chiplet platform, focusing on design approaches that utilize multiple ISAs, including x86, ARM, and RISC-V. The goal is to spread the support of disruptive technologies to all kinds of chip architectures. The company is focusing on RISC-V in particular, highlighting that it hopes to drive the adoption of this architecture. Intel certainly seems to have big plans for RISC-V.