- Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) announces the 10nm Atom P9500, its first 5G integrated-chip platform for use in wireless base stations.
- The Atom P9500 deployment will start this year. Intel says that Ericsson and ZTE will use the platform in their base stations.
- Intel hopes to become a market leader in base station chips with a 40% share by 2021, a year earlier than previously planned.
- Intel's push comes as it exits areas where it has lost dominance like smartphone chips and as the U.S. seeks to build up its 5G without Huawei.