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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by ecocentrik on Friday August 22, 2025 @06:40PM (#44990783)
If the argument was for protecting Intel, then the US government should be placing huge orders with Intel for solutions that will fund R&D and allow the company to regain its position as a foundry. They should be tapping into the defense budget. DARPA should be involved. This was an opportunity for petty extortion and a step towards socialism.
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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by KetoManx64 on Friday August 22, 2025 @08:26PM (#44991685)
Government involvement is the fastest way to corrupt the purpose of an organization, hollow out its soul and quickly get rid of all the competant people. There's a reason that the DOGE findings made a laughing stock of government employees.
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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by estearum on Saturday August 23, 2025 @12:57AM (#44993294)
> There's a reason that the DOGE findings made a laughing stock of government employees

Can you point out which specific findings? Ideally ones that are substantiated and not just one off tweets.

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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by dgb23 on Saturday August 23, 2025 @03:10AM (#44993959)
Depends on the implementation.

Switzerland owns its energy companies and its public transport company. Hugely successful.

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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by onepointsixC on Friday August 22, 2025 @10:49PM (#44992637)
Huge order for... what? DoD's needs for chips are quite modest in quantity. Truth is that the US Gov doesn't need the volume which requires Intel to keep afloat.
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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by bushbaba on Saturday August 23, 2025 @12:11AM (#44993076)
A large bulk of CPU orders comes from Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Want to say 50% of all AMD revenue is datacenters, and the Hyperscalers represent the largest chunk of that.
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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by abullinan on Saturday August 23, 2025 @11:04AM (#44996506)
It is not socialism. Socialism is when the workers control the means of production. Not a fat windbag mobster president and his thugs.
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