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Re:Intel exits memory business, sale to Hynix for $9B by mschuster91 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @04:21AM (#24835021)
> until VCs do what China does and start pouring money into hard stuff, not just fluffy software

VCs won't do that, it's not their business model. The only way out is government funding - the way it has been for decades.

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Re:Intel exits memory business, sale to Hynix for $9B by someperson on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @04:41AM (#24835136)
5 of the "traitorous eight" from Fairchild Semiconductor were the investors who funded Intel
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Re:Intel exits memory business, sale to Hynix for $9B by brain5ide on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @04:50AM (#24835181)
This happened once.
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Re:Intel exits memory business, sale to Hynix for $9B by paulgerhardt on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @04:59AM (#24835240)
Intel went on to fund 1500 more companies, 200 of which went public, one of which was Broadcom.
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