Intel Foundry Lands Fortinet as First Customer

Intel will design, package, and fabricate Fortinet's sixth-generation Security Processor (SP6) on its Intel 4 node, making Fortinet the first named external foundry customer for that process. The deal marks Intel's first publicly named foundry customer since CEO Lip-Bu Tan took over in March 2025, though Intel 4 is a mature node, not the leading-edge 18A or 14A processes Intel most needs to sell.