SANTA CLARA AND SUNNYVALE, Calif. – July 21, 2026 – Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), today announced a strategic collaboration to develop Fortinet Security Processor 6 (SP6). Expanding a long-standing relationship between the two companies, this collaboration combines Fortinet’s proprietary, purpose-built security processor expertise with Intel’s advanced design, packaging, and manufacturing capabilities to accelerate and strengthen SP6 development. This work will also help to improve the resilience and diversity of Fortinet’s global supply chain.
“As organizations face a rapidly evolving threat landscape, security infrastructure must deliver both performance and innovation at scale,” said Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel. “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.”
“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,” said Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Fortinet. “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 organizations all over the world.”
In addition to bringing together Fortinet’s leadership in purpose-built security processors with Intel’s broad portfolio of ecosystem IP, proven expertise in disaggregated semiconductor design, and advanced packaging solutions tailored for both AI-enabled and cost-sensitive applications, 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.
The companies will explore additional opportunities to further deepen collaboration across semiconductor technology, manufacturing, and the infrastructure underpinning future cybersecurity innovation. This work is expected to advance Fortinet’s long-term ASIC roadmap, support greater performance and service richness, and strengthen supply chain assurance for customers worldwide.
As demand for AI and digital services accelerates, the responsibility to grow sustainably has never been greater. This Earth Day reminds us that in technology, efficiency matters as much as innovation—and sustainability must be built into every design choice we make.
When we talk about improving Personal Computer (PC) energy efficiency, Intel approaches it as a three-layer challenge—starting at the platform and silicon architecture, extending through system level tuning, and reinforced by software level insight and optimization. This matters because meaningful energy savings don’t come from a single feature or setting; they come from aligning how hardware is designed, how systems behave in real world use, and how software interacts with the platform over time. Intel’s focus is on reducing energy use during everyday operation—the phase of a PC’s lifecycle where users and IT teams have the greatest opportunity to lower power consumption while still getting the performance and AI enabled experiences they expect.
At the platform level, the latest Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 3 processors are designed with energy efficiency as a foundational architectural goal. These platforms improve performance per watt by tightly integrating compute, graphics, memory, and dedicated engines for specific workloads, allowing common tasks—and select AI workloads—to run in more energy‑efficient states rather than relying solely on high‑power CPU cores. This architectural approach helps scale energy use to actual demand, reducing wasted power during idle and light‑use scenarios while preserving responsive performance when workloads intensify.
That foundation is strengthened at the system and software layers, where intelligent tuning and clear visibility enable smarter, more efficient operations. At the system level, Intel® Dynamic Tuning Technology uses advanced AI‑ and machine‑learning–based algorithms, combined with real‑time telemetry, to dynamically adjust power and thermal behavior based on workload demand—helping balance performance, acoustics, and energy use without manual intervention. At the software level, the Intel® Battery Life Diagnostic Tool provides visibility into how applications, background processes, and system configurations affect a PC’s ability to reach low‑power states, including identifying software behaviors that limit efficiency. Together, Intel® Core™ Ultra architecture, Intel® Dynamic Tuning Technology, and the Intel® Battery Life Diagnostic Tool demonstrate an end‑to‑end approach to energy efficiency: design for efficient execution in silicon, optimize behavior intelligently at the system level, and continuously improve through software insight—ensuring efficiency gains show up in real‑world use.
When you send an email, stream a video, or use AI-powered apps, you’re connected to data centers. Intel’s commitment to sustainability means those experiences are powered by technology designed to be energy-efficient and environmentally responsible. Energy efficiency is the ultimate competitive advantage in the AI era, and Intel is committed to leading the way toward sustainable, high-performance data centers for a sustainable future.
Our approach to power more energy-efficient and cost-effective data centers is structured around four key layers, spanning the entire product lifecycle from design to data center operations:
Our impact is reflected in how these solutions are being deployed around the world. Intel® Xeon® 6 processors can deliver up to an 80% reduction2 in power consumption for AI image classification workloads compared to older generations, helping data centers do more with less energy. Server consolidation further lowers carbon footprint while reducing physical data center space. Through collaborations with Shell and Submer, Intel has helped enable the industry’s first certified immersion cooling solution for AI infrastructure. At the University of Waterloo, the Nibi supercomputer—powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors and liquid cooling—has become Canada’s first large‑scale immersion‑cooled supercomputer, supporting more than 4,000 researchers in a more sustainable way. And in hyperscale environments, Microsoft Azure uses Intel® Enhanced Latency Control to deploy more servers within existing data center footprints, improving performance per watt while reducing overall power consumption..
By designing energy‑efficient platforms that scale with the world’s needs, we’re helping ensure digital innovation advances responsibly. It reflects our commitment to progress with purpose: delivering the performance people rely on, while caring for the planet and the resources we all share.
