Category Archives: Intel

Trump Administration Might Convert Intel’s Subsidies Into Ownership State

August 18, 2025IntelJenThorpe

Reports that the Trump administration was contemplating buying a stake in Intel to help ease its financial woes and boost its manufacturing business sent Intel’s shares up more than 7% late last week, Oregonlive reported.

But a Bloomberg report Monday suggests the Trump administration is now considering something far less appealing, at least from Intel’s perspective.

Instead of inviting in Intel directly, the government would take an ownership stake in exchange for paying out money the company had already been promised by the Biden administration under the CHIPS act Monday’s report said the move could give the federal government a 10% stake in the country’s most advanced semiconductor manufacturer.

Intel has a market value of about $100 billion, so a 10% stake would be worth $10 billion. The company’s shares fell 3.6% in early trading Monday, to $23.67. Intel declined to comment on the latest report.

The Biden administration awarded Intel $7.9 billion from the federal CHIPS Act, bipartisan legislation passed in 2022, to help finance Intel’s factory expansion. But the Trump administration has stopped making payments, adding to Intel’s financial strain.

CalCalistech reported: The Trump administration is intakes to take a 10% stake in Intel converting some or all of the struggling company’s Chips Act grants into equity, Bloomberg News reported, citing a White House official and other people familiar with the matter.

Intel has been slated to receive a combined $10.9 billion Chips Act grants for commercial and military production, an amount roughly equal to the value of the proposed government holding, according to Bloomberg’s report on Monday.

Media reports said last week that the U.S. government may buy a state in Intel following a meeting between CEO Lip-Bu Tan and President Donald Trump. The meeting was prompted by Trump’s demand for the new Intel chief’s resignation over his ties to Chinese firms.

Analysts said federal funding could give Intel breathing room to revive its loss-making foundry business. However, the company continues to face a weak product roadmap and difficulties attracting customers to its new factories.

Reuters reported: The Trump administration is in talks to take a 10% stake in Intel by converting some or all of the struggling company’s Chips Act grants into equity, Bloomberg News reported, citing a White hour official and other people familiar with the matter.

Shares of Intel fell 3.8% on Monday, after rallying last week on hopes of U.S. federal support. A 10% stake in the American chipmaker would be worth about $10 billion.

Intel has been slated to receive a combined $10.9 billion in Chips Act grants for commercial and military production, and the figure is roughly enough to pay for the government’s holding, according to the Bloomberg report on Monday.

Intel CEO Responds To ‘Misinformation’ And Trump Threat In Letter To Employees

August 8, 2025IntelJenThorpe

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan addressed “misinformation” about his previous roles after President Donald Trump called for his resignation and raised ethical concerns, CNBC reported.

“I want to be absolutely clear: Over 40+ years in the industry, I’ve built relationships around the world and across our diverse ecosystem – and I have always operated within the highest legal and ethical standards,” he wrote in a memo to employees on Thursday.

Tan said that Intel is working with the White House to address the situation and that he supports the president’s dedication to “advancing U.S. national and economic security.” He said Intel’s board is “fully supportive” of the company’s transformation plan.

Tensions hit a boiling point Thursday when Trump told Tan to step down as CEO “immediately” in a post on Truth Social and called him “highly CONFLICTED.” Intel shares fell 3% for the day.

TechRadar reported: President Trump has not been afraid of leveraging his influence to try and pressure organizations into policy or personnel changes, with his most recent vendetta is against Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan.

Tan is accused by Trump of being ‘highly conflicted’, and the sitting President calls for his immediate resignation, claiming there is ‘no other solution to this problem.’

Trump’s call comes after Republican Senator Tom Cotton wrote to Intel’s board of directors asking about Tan’s “concerning” alleged ties to Chinese firms.

The conflict Trump and Cotton are referring to is Tan’s alleged control over multiple Chinese companies, some with reported ties to the Chinese military, as well as investments into Chinese tech companies, and an extended stint as CEO of tech firm Cadence Design Systems.

Ostensibly, the ties to Cadence Design Systems seems to be the sticking point for Trump, as the company pled guilty to unlawfully exporting chip design tools to restricted Chines military organizations, and paid over $140 million in penalties – although Tan was not personally indicted.

CBS News reported: Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is responding to President Trump’s call for him to resign over alleged conflicts related to his ties to Chinese businesses, saying he wants to clear up “a lot of misinformation.”

Tan, who became Intel’s CEO in March, defended himself in a letter addressed to employees and released publicly on Thursday.

Mr. Trump on Thursday accused Tan of being “highly CONFLICTED” in a post on Truth Social and called for his immediate resignation. The President’s post came after Sen. Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, sent a letter to Intel Chairman Frank Yeary on Tuesday expressing concern over Tan’s investments and ties to Chinese businesses.

Intel To Receive $8.5b In US Funding For High-End Chip Manufacturing

March 20, 2024IntelCHIPS Act, IntelJenThorpe

Intel will receive $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans from the US government to expand its capacity to make high-end chips, as it seeks to reinvent itself as a national champion in the sector and compete with the likes of Taiwan’s TSMC and South Korea’s Samsung, Financial Times reported.

US President Joe Biden will travel to Intel’s site in Chandler, Arizona, on Wednesday to announce the package, which will go towards building new facilities for the company in the south-western state, as well as Ohio, New Mexico and Oregon.

The government funding for chip manufacturing, which was passed in Congress in 2022, is part of Biden’s sweeping agenda to revitalize domestic manufacturing in areas ranging from clean energy to semiconductors and steel.

Intel has already committed to investing $100 billion in chip manufacturing over the next five years. It had said it expected to further benefit from the US Treasury tax credits that would allow it to write off up to 25 per cent of that investment.

The $8.5 billion will be distributed in tranches, subject to Intel reaching certain “milestones”, senior White House officials said. They expect the funding to lead 30,000 jobs in the chip sector.

CNBC reported the White House said Intel has been awarded up to $8.5 billion in CHIPS Act funding, as the Biden administration ramps up its efforts to bring semiconductor manufacturing to U.S. soil.

Intel could receive an additional $11 billion in loans from the CHIPS and Science Act, which was passed in 2022. The awards will be announced by President Joe Biden in Arizona on Wednesday.

The money will help “leading-edge semiconductors made in the United States” keep “America in the driver’s seat of innovation,” U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, said in a call with reporters. Intel and the White House said their agreement is nonbinding and preliminary and could change.

Intel said it would spend its CHIPS Act funds on fabs and research centers in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico and Oregon. The company previously announced plans to spend $100 billion on U.S. programs and facilities. Intel has announced a plan to catch up in leading-edge manufacturing by 2026.

Intel’s Ohio fab will cost more than $20 billion and Intel said it is expected to start production in 2027 or 2028. Intel is also expanding manufacturing operations in Arizona and New Mexico. Intel says the projects will create jobs for 20,000 people in fab construction and 10,000 people in chip manufacturing.

In my opinion, this could potentially result in Intel hiring a lot of people who want to work for the company. This probably couldn’t have been done without the use of the CHIPS Act.

HP Goes Large with the Z1 at CES

January 6, 2014ces, digital audio, HP, Intel, Microsoft, PC, Windowsces, Graphics, hp, Intel, NVIDIA, pc, windows 8, Z1Andrew

HP has announced the second generation of its Z1 high performance all-in-one workstation, with a 27″ ten-point touchscreen running Windows 8. The Z1 G2 is aimed squarely at power users, featuring 4th Generation Intel Xeon and Core processors, and RAID storage options paired with the latest NVIDIA Mobile Quadro GPUs for the best graphics performance. It also comes with Intel Thunderbolt 2 ports.

“Since its launch in 2012, the highly acclaimed HP Z1 has opened the eyes and ears of customers hoping to solve business problems no longer being met by current vendors,” said Jim Zafarana, vice president and general manager, Commercial Solutions Business Unit, HP. “Today’s professionals demand high-performance products that are serviceable and easy-to-use, all wrapped in a sleek and elegant design.”

The Z1 G2 comes equipped with Thunderbolt 2 connectivity, for data transfer speeds four times that of USB 3.0. That’s nippy. To round out the high spec, the Z1’s audio capabilities aren’t too shabby either with dual-tone, front-facing speakers and DTS Studio Sound Audio. Overall, this is a beast of a machine.

The new HP Z1 G2 workstation is expected to be available in late January, with prices starting at US$1,999.

All About Haswell: Intel’s 4th Generation Archetecture

June 4, 2013Intelcore i5, haswell, i7, Intel, nanometerJ Powers

Intel announced their next generation Core chip architecture in the Haswell chipset at Computex Taipei. This chipset is meant for the mobile device out there. The 22nm technology is the 4th generation of the Intel Core processors and with Enhanced graphics can play videos faster, decode JPeg & Mpeg better, support multiple monitors – some with 2K or 4K support.

Haswell’s API support is based on DX11.1 and supports Open CL 1.2 and Open CL 4.0. Therefore, it will handle 3D Graphics of some of the newest games out there.

However, the biggest news comee from the battery life, power and heat of the Intel Haswell. From a 6 hour video playback to 9 hours – from 4.5 day standby to 10-13. The chipset is not only designed for desktops, but also mobile devices such as Ultrabooks and Surface tablet.

One CPU core used just six watts of power during regular tasks. This makes the Haswell chipset able to cooler, quieter and fanless – something that tablets need to be. This could make an i7 Surface tablet possible for people like myself who produce video and tax a computer quite often.

Haswell will come in 5 versions: H (dubbed iris Pro), M (20chip models), U (for Ultrabooks) and Y (for detachable products). Haswell will start at $197 for Core i5 to $368 for Core i7 4770K.

Create Your Own TV Station

March 20, 2011Apple, Intel, itunes, mac, Podcasts, Streaming, TV, videoApple, Eye TV, ibm, Intel, itunes, mac, mini, Podcasts, Power PC, TV, videotomwiles

One of the problems with watching video podcasts as an alternative to conventional television is that you have typically and deliberately watch one video at a time. On longer videos it’s not as much of a problem, but with short videos that last 5 minutes or less you have to keep manually restarting the next video after the previous one has finished.

I now have three Mac Minis – one is an old somewhat underpowered Power PC Mac Mini that I’m using as a video podcast aggregator. I have that machine’s iTunes database located on a much larger shared drive that’s available to every machine on my home network. I’m subscribed to a variety of tech podcasts, most of them in the highest resolution file sizes available.

I have two other Mac Minis that are of the latest design. I have an “Eye TV” USB HD tuner connected to one that’s connected to a substantial external antenna. Depending on atmospheric conditions I can receive up to 18 channels counting the various digital sub channels. This enables the Mac Mini to function as a DVR.

The second Intel Mac Mini is in another room and the Eye TV software also loaded on it is able to work from the other Mac Mini’s shared recordings.

Today I discovered by accident when playing around with iTunes on one of the Intel Mac Minis that the shared videos show up in the shared playlists from other iTunes databases. So, in other words, I can pick a shared iTunes list from the Power PC Mac Mini’s shared iTunes and a list of video files shows up. Since the videos are in the list just like audio would be, I am able to start a video file playing and when one file ends it will immediately start playing the next video file on the list. This is particularly useful because I can start videos playing as I do other things and it will continue to play just as if it’s a TV station. This is quite a handy capability to have. The lack of an ability to set up continuous video playback has long been one of the Apple TV’s biggest shortcomings.

Periodically I go to the Power PC Mac Mini and delete the video files that have been played, since iTunes keeps a play count, so I always have fresh material to watch.

GE Healthcare Reader, Capture Station, Quietcare, Intel Healthguide

February 9, 2011ces, Info, Information, Intel, Interview, medical, Special Mediacapture, ces, ge, healthcare, healthguide, Intel, quietcare, reader, stationtomwiles

Carissa O’Brien interviews Scott from Intel GE Care Innovations. Scott demonstrates the GE Healthcare text-to-speech reader in conjunction with the Capture Station.

Quietcare is a monitoring system for those living in assisted living facilities.

The Intel Healthguide is a remote monitoring unit that enables medical staff to do remote monitoring and interaction with patients in their own homes via the Internet, including video calling.