Intel and Fortinet Collaborate on Security Processor 6 to Strengthen Supply Chain Resilience
Fortinet’s purpose-built ASIC expertise and Intel’s semiconductor design, packaging, and manufacturing capabilities will drive greater security, scale, performance, and resiliency for organisations.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) have announced a strategic collaboration to develop Fortinet Security Processor 6 (SP6). The partnership expands a long-standing relationship between the two companies. It combines Fortinet’s proprietary, purpose-built security processor expertise with Intel’s advanced design, packaging, and manufacturing capabilities. Together, these strengths aim to accelerate and strengthen SP6 development. This work will also help improve the resilience and diversity of Fortinet’s global supply chain.
Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel, said, “As organisations face a rapidly evolving threat landscape, security infrastructure must deliver both performance and innovation at scale. This collaboration demonstrates how Intel’s semiconductor leadership and advanced design, packaging, 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.”
Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Fortinet, said, “Fortinet’s purpose-built ASICs have been a key differentiator for more than two decades, enabling us to deliver the security effectiveness, performance, and efficiency our customers demand. This expanded relationship with Intel will leverage its unique combination of advanced semiconductor technology, manufacturing expertise, and global supply chain capabilities, helping Fortinet accelerate and strengthen our ASIC strategy, while also better supporting organisations all over the world.”
How Fortinet Security Processor 6 Brings Together Two Companies’ Strengths
This collaboration brings together Fortinet’s leadership in purpose-built security processors with Intel’s broad portfolio of ecosystem IP. It also draws on Intel’s proven expertise in disaggregated semiconductor design. And it taps advanced packaging solutions tailored for both AI-enabled and cost-sensitive applications. Together, these strengths aim to deliver a highly integrated security processor. That processor will support increasingly sophisticated security services. It will also meet the demanding performance requirements of today’s organisations.
The companies will explore additional opportunities to deepen their collaboration further. Future work will span semiconductor technology, manufacturing, and the infrastructure underpinning cybersecurity innovation. This effort is expected to advance Fortinet’s long-term ASIC roadmap. It should also support greater performance and service richness. And it aims to strengthen supply chain assurance for customers worldwide.
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About Fortinet
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security. Fortinet’s mission is to secure people, devices, and data everywhere. Today, the company delivers cybersecurity everywhere its customers need it. It does so with the largest integrated portfolio of over 50 enterprise-grade products. Well over half a million customers trust Fortinet’s solutions. These solutions rank among the most deployed, most patented, and most validated in the industry.
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