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U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel

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607 points givemeethekeys | 1 comments | 22 Aug 25 21:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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wmf ◴[22 Aug 25 21:39 UTC] No.44990149[source]▶
This is worse than I expected. They're apparently putting in no new money and retroactively demanding stock in exchange for grants that were already awarded. If Intel can't afford to build 14A and we're putting in no net new money... then Intel still can't afford 14A? Unless they were lying.
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moolcool ◴[22 Aug 25 21:53 UTC] No.44990318[source]▶
Maybe it’s more about affording 641A
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abeppu ◴[22 Aug 25 22:08 UTC] No.44990457[source]▶
... what would a chip version of 641A even look like?

If it involves (a) identifying / filtering stuff they want to spy on (b) sending it back to one of the intelligence agencies, it seems like both would be hard to do well and secretly ... right?

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1. dotancohen ◴[22 Aug 25 22:52 UTC] No.44990901[source]▶
So the US is getting lower-case intel here, in addition to upper-case Intel.