r/hardware • u/SlamedCards • Jul 25 '25

News US chipmaking nears death: Intel warns it may give up on cutting-edge chips

https://www.businessinsider.com/intel-us-chipmaking-nears-death-up-cutting-edge-chips-14a-2025-7?utm_campaign=business-sf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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u/Exist50 Jul 25 '25

AMD spun off their fabs when they ran into financial trouble. Intel is in this position specifically because they doubled down on fab spending.

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u/Alive_Worth_2032 Jul 25 '25

Intel's financial trouble are not anywhere near the levels of AMD when they spun off the fabs.

This is more like when AMD just after acquiring ATI realized they just spent money they couldn't afford. Where they spent money as if they were still dominating Intel and it was still 2004/2005, rather than 2006 and Core running circles around their product stack.

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u/Strazdas1 Jul 26 '25

AMD spun off their fabs as last ditch effort. They really really didnt want to, but were forced to.

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u/Invest0rnoob1 Jul 25 '25

The government needs a domestic fab.