Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (Foxconn) said on Thursday that it will launch a strategic cooperation with U.S. chip manufacturer Intel to jointly develop and deploy next-generation artificial intelligence infrastructure and intelligent computing platforms to capture the rapidly growing global demand for artificial intelligence computing power systems.
Foxconn said in a statement that this cooperation will combine Intel's advantages in chip technology with Foxconn's experience in manufacturing capabilities and system integration to launch solutions for next-generation artificial intelligence data centers and edge scenarios. The two parties plan to focus on equipment for artificial intelligence data centers, including server cabinets equipped with Intel Xeon processors and artificial intelligence acceleration chips, and conduct joint research and development in high-speed interconnection technology, heat dissipation design, and energy efficiency optimization.
In addition to traditional data centers, Foxconn and Intel also plan to build artificial intelligence systems for scenarios such as factories, smart cities, and robots to promote the extension of computing power from centralized data centers to more industry application scenarios. Foxconn Chairman and CEO Liu Yangwei said in a statement that the cooperation with Intel will integrate the advantages of both parties in computing platforms, system integration, and global supply chains to meet customers' growing demand for high-performance artificial intelligence infrastructure.
The two companies also said they will explore cooperation opportunities in customized chips and system integration solutions to provide differentiated artificial intelligence hardware and platform support for different customers. However, Foxconn and Intel did not disclose the specific financial scale of this cooperation, nor did they announce the names of potential customers or the timetable for the products and systems to be officially launched on the market.