Intel Teams Up With Fortinet

<p><strong>SANTA CLARA AND SUNNYVALE <&sol;strong><strong>–<&sol;strong> Intel Corporation and Fortinet announced a strategic collaboration to develop Fortinet Security Processor 6 &lpar;SP6&rpar;&period; Expanding a long-standing relationship between the two companies&comma; this collaboration combines Fortinet’s proprietary&comma; purpose-built security processor expertise with Intel’s advanced design&comma; packaging&comma; and manufacturing capabilities to accelerate and strengthen SP6 development&period; This work will also help to improve the resilience and diversity of Fortinet’s global supply chain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As organizations face a rapidly evolving threat landscape&comma; security infrastructure must deliver both performance and innovation at scale&comma;” said Lip-Bu Tan&comma; CEO of Intel&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This collaboration demonstrates how Intel’s semiconductor leadership and advanced design&comma; packaging&comma; and manufacturing capabilities can help cybersecurity leaders like Fortinet accelerate the development of critical security technologies while building a more resilient and diversified global supply chain&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Fortinet’s purpose-built ASICs have been a key differentiator for more than two decades&comma; enabling us to deliver the security effectiveness&comma; performance&comma; and efficiency our customers demand&comma;” said Ken Xie&comma; Founder&comma; Chairman&comma; and CEO of Fortinet&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This expanded relationship with Intel will leverage its unique combination of advanced semiconductor technology&comma; manufacturing expertise&comma; and global supply chain capabilities&comma; helping Fortinet accelerate and strengthen our ASIC strategy&comma; while also better supporting organizations all over the world&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to bringing together Fortinet’s leadership in purpose-built security processors with Intel’s broad portfolio of ecosystem IP&comma; proven expertise in disaggregated semiconductor design&comma; and advanced packaging solutions tailored for both AI-enabled and cost-sensitive applications&comma; this collaboration aims to deliver a highly integrated security processor capable of supporting increasingly sophisticated security services and the demanding performance requirements of today’s organizations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The companies will explore additional opportunities to further deepen collaboration across semiconductor technology&comma; manufacturing&comma; and the infrastructure underpinning future cybersecurity innovation&period; This work is expected to advance Fortinet’s long-term ASIC roadmap&comma; support greater performance and service richness&comma; and strengthen supply chain assurance for customers worldwide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;