Intel is in hot water in China.
  • LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
    212·
    2 months ago

    I’ll assume that Loongson are equally as backdoored, but by Chinese intelligence rather than US intelligence.

    RISC-V and OpenPOWER are the last remaining non-user-hostile ISAs. That and possibly old x86.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      I don’t think any ISA is backdoored.

      The implementations can be. But, of course, you can without any problems make a backdoored CPU with RISC-V ISA. Or with OpenPOWER.

      I’d like ppc desktop hardware tbh. With OpenFirmware and all the convenience, but modern.

  • pastermilEnglish
    212·
    2 months ago

    Thought you guys already got your own chips.

    • Kidplayer_666@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      They spent 16 billion dollars in R&D in 2023, which is a bit lower than the 17 billion in 2022, but still way higher than the 13 billion from 2019. In 2023 they distributed as dividends (might be wrong on the calculation here, but I think that this is the right number, 1 billion dollars)

      • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
        113·
        2 months ago

        Intel wasted 108b between 2006 and 2020. During this time AMD recovered from near bankruptcy and took the lead.

        We are also gonna give intel. Illions for the fab now 🤡

  • recursive_recursion they/them@lemmy.caEnglish
    93·
    2 months ago

    If Intel happens to potentially go under by losing China, the US government coming in would be convenient for both parties.

    So Intel’s in a funny position where they can actually pressure China for more economic incentives like subsidies or tax breaks