Thought you guys already got your own chips.
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.
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
How much did Intel spent on share buybacks?
What about R&D
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)
Lolwut
