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Re:Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger by dv_dt on Monday December 02, 2024 @11:22AM (#42297671)
If a breakup is in the works for Intel, merger of the foundry side with Global Foundries would make more sense than AMD. Intel's foundries, even in the state they're in would likely be a step up for GF. And given the political sensitiveness, GF already has DoD contracts for producing chips.
Re:Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger by 7speter on Monday December 02, 2024 @01:44PM (#42299023)
Didn't the US government just give Intel $7b on the condition they don't spin off the foundry business?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intels-7-86-billion-subsidy-0...

Re:Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger by dv_dt on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @10:23AM (#42307083)
I think you would have to go through the specific conditions - they put up restrictive conditions but does not seem impossible to work with