[jason-phillips]

This is nothing more than Intel joining the ranks of the other tbtf government contractors. That's how they plan to survive.

[georgeburdell]

Intel has had the government as a customer for a long time. They even have a division for it (Intel Federal)

[aurareturn]

Did they manufacture military designs though? Or just sell Intel designs (with some modifications) to military?

[Rinzler89]

Intel was making 386 chips for the F-22 for a looking time after they became obsolete.

[sillywalk]

I thought the F-22 initially used the i960, not the 386, but then switched to PowerPC.

[0] http://www.righto.com/2023/07/the-complex-history-of-intel-i...

[Melatonic]

386 in the F22?! Why ? Such an old chip even considering the plane was in design for years no ?

[horacemorace]

It also increases the likelihood of a secure supply chain for mil components. Seems like a win-win.

[roenxi]

In the sense that any voluntary trade is a win-win for both parties, yes. But it is inglorious compared to where Intel was in, say, the early 2000s. It is a big change to look at market cap and see traders treating AMD as a big player, then Intel somewhere off in the also-ran territory.

So much for their monopoly.