Intel Corporation and Fortinet, 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."