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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by jongjong on Friday August 22, 2025 @06:02PM (#44990391)
Yeah terrible position to be when your own government is investing in your competitors' company using your own tax dollars.

As a software engineer, this isn't an entirely new concept.

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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by kragen on Friday August 22, 2025 @06:05PM (#44990413)
I think all three of those other companies are also getting CHIPS-act subsidies?
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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by jongjong on Friday August 22, 2025 @06:08PM (#44990452)
I suppose it could be worse. Still, now the US has a vested interest in seeing Intel crush AMD and others.
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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by Spooky23 on Friday August 22, 2025 @06:14PM (#44990504)
They just need to bribe POTUS, and everything will be fine.
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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by JustExAWS on Friday August 22, 2025 @07:20PM (#44991157)
AMD is not a chip manufacturer and what “others”?
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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by kragen on Friday August 22, 2025 @07:45PM (#44991341)
Right, AMD sold off their foundry business as GlobalFoundries in 02009 to the Mubadala sovereign wealth fund of the UAE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlobalFoundries
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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by B1FF_PSUVM on Friday August 22, 2025 @11:00PM (#44992697)
"Real men have fabs" (no more, no more).
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