[totalZero]

This is a bizarre comparison. Boeing made an entire line of planes that could randomly dive into the ground, and insisted that there be no additional training required for the uptake of those planes. Intel, in contrast, was over-ambitious with 10nm and didn't wait a few more months to incorporate EUV into that process node. The government hasn't banned the use of Intel chips, but the 737 Max 8 was grounded for 20 months. While the pandemic slammed air travel, it has been a major tailwind for the PC and server markets alike.

[morganw]

besides commercial aviation, Boeing (which swallowed Douglas and McDonnell Aircraft, Rocketdyne, etc.) is the second largest defense contractor in the world. It's too critical to be allowed to fail. Intel and Global Foundries have the only nearly state-of-the-art foundries far from China.

[rjmunro]

I thought Boeing had many issues pre-covid, not just the 737 Max. Starliner immediately springs to mind.