[ajb]

Wow. Then, they should sell off the fabs, just throwing in a commitment to use them for the older products as a sweetener. If they are using TSMC for the latest gen, the advantage of being an integrated company is gone; and both parts would be better off being run purely for their own market.

The US wants the Intel fabs to be a going concern for strategic reasons but even for them it would be better to put in the investment to make it so, than have them wither away inside intel.

[Dalewyn]

I definitely want my tax dollars (CHIPS monies) clawed back from Intel since among those recently getting laid off is R&D, right when Intel needs all the R&D brains and hands they can get.