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[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Maybe now they can forget all the expensive chipmaking and get back to their core business of stock buybacks.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's probably the real reason. He was going to invest all that money instead of doing more stock buybacks. What an idiot!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

With the CHIPS Act funding they can't do stock buybacks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

It just frees up other money for buybacks that they would have had to waste on R&D.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This simultaneously made me laugh and sad. Sad because I have heavy investments in Intel.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well their stock price just jumped up after this announcement.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

To less than what it was a month ago.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

And more than what it will be next month.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

While we're at it, let's go back to 10nm chips too. That's Intel's bread and butter. Phones get bigger every year. Why not transistors too?