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U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel

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607 points givemeethekeys | 6 comments | 22 Aug 25 21:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.637s | source | bottom
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cuttothechase ◴[22 Aug 25 21:31 UTC] No.44990065[source]▶
Genuine question-

How does Govt picking winners and losers going to help?

Intel is no Too big to fail Bank. Why save Intel of all chip manufacturers? Wouldnt it be like 25 years too late, with Intel and its heydays !?

Would Govt now ensure parity by investing in "marquee" entities across different industrial domains?

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miohtama ◴[22 Aug 25 21:52 UTC] No.44990294[source]▶
There is only 1 winner and 1 loser: Intel.

It's the only chip manufacturer "left" in the US. The argument is national security: the US expects China to invade Taiwan and this will kill TSMC in the process.

Whether this will happen or not can be debated, but this is what the government expects.

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1. Yoofie ◴[22 Aug 25 21:58 UTC] No.44990361[source]▶
Texas Instruments and Microchip: Am I a joke to you?
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2. kragen ◴[22 Aug 25 22:06 UTC] No.44990431[source]▶
I'm surprised to see on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_Technology that Microchip does in fact have fabs. I thought it was fabless! Its fabs are in the US, but the assembly and test facilities are all across the Pacific.
3. MobiusHorizons ◴[22 Aug 25 22:09 UTC] No.44990461[source]▶
As far as I know none of them manufacture anything resembling a replacement for a Xeon, which is relevant to national security because those are uses in military applications.
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4. ukblewis ◴[22 Aug 25 22:11 UTC] No.44990478[source]▶
Neither of them make high performance CPUs or GPUs
5. ◴[23 Aug 25 01:30 UTC] No.44992106[source]▶
6. saagarjha ◴[24 Aug 25 09:38 UTC] No.45002819[source]▶
Yes