Biden’s $8 Billion Gift to Intel
Why is the U.S. government giving billions of dollars to a floundering company?
Following numerous delays and years of lobbying, the Commerce Department last month finally awarded Intel $8 billion in direct funding to expand chip manufacturing operations in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, and Oregon.
A week later, CEO Pat Gelsinger abruptly resigned.
The event marked a strange end to a cornerstone of the CHIPS and Science Act, one of President Joe Biden’s signature pieces of legislation.
Should we bet on Taiwan?
“The TSMC fab in Arizona, probably the highest-profile project funded by the law, is now in operation and is achieving better quality than the company’s factories in Taiwan.” — Noah Smith