In what constitutes a dramatic development, Intel shares are spiking this afternoon on reports of a significant investment by the US government.
To wit, as per the reporting by Bloomberg, the Trump administration is considering the purchase of a stake in Intel to aid the chipmaker's domestic manufacturing capacity expansion efforts, especially Intel's much-delayed fabrication hub in Ohio.
Intel has previously stated that its Ohio fab would eventually become the world's largest chip manufacturing facility, albeit facing chronic delays, with the facility's commercial operations now expected to commence only in the 2030s. Of course, the discussions are still at an early stage and the sought after investment in Intel by the US government might not materialize.
The discussion around a potential US government stake in Intel first emerged during the meeting between the company's CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, and President Trump in the White House earlier this week, where the former was reportedly able to win over the latter, with the President making a jarring volte-face in the aftermath, pivoting away from his earlier characterization of Intel's CEO as a national security threat and demanding his resignation, to heaping praise on Tan's "success and rise," and going so far as to term the CEO's achievements an "amazing story."
Intel’s turnaround strategy under Lip-Bu Tan focuses on regaining market share through accelerated process technology advancement. In an aberrant departure from the previous norm, however, the company plans to switch to its next-gen 14A node only if it is able to secure confirmed commitments from customers.
Concurrently, Tan is also trying to rejuvenate Intel's x86 ecosystem via Panther Lake (current-gen) and Nova Lake (next-gen) CPUs, as well as Granite Rapids GPUs, with support for Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) in the offing.
To reduce overheads, Intel is slashing its workforce by 15 percent from its previous strength of 99,500 (as of the end of 2024). Bear in mind that the company culled 15,000 jobs in 2023, and a further 15,000 in 2024. Intel is also closing its plants in Germany and Poland.
Intel shares closed today's regular trading session with gains of over 7 percent and have continue to rally in the after-hours trading session, spiking by an additional 2 percent.
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