[Arn_Thor]

What’s bad for US semiconductor manufacturing (I.e. a poor and cash starved Intel) buys China more time to catch up to frontier fab tech. If Qualcomm buys Intel, the optimistic scenario (for the US) is a stronger domestic player.

[qwytw]

> stronger domestic player

Is it though? Qualcomm is more likely to just strip Intel for parts than to turn it around and we'll just end up with more market concentration and less competition.

[Arn_Thor]

I did say “the optimistic scenario”, not “the only/likely scenario”

[electronbeam]

If that were true they’d denial-of-service every possible merger

[kube-system]

Geopolitically you can't ixnay everything, you've got to pick your battles.

[osnium123]

Yes. This would also give more volume for the existing Intel factories.