Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett spoke about the company’s exit from this situation: the chipmaker has a problem with the involvement of contract customers, difficulties in developing new technological standards and, in general, Wendor is difficult to compete with other manufacturers.
According to Barrett, the current customers of the company need to invest about $ 40 billion in Intel to ensure stable supply of chips in the United States. This will avoid dependence on foreign manufacturers, such as Samsung and TSMC, and strengthen national security.
Barrett noted that without these investments, the American chipmaker can completely abandon the production of chips if he does not find the customer for his new production process 14A. He also emphasized that the United States should support the domestic semiconductor industry, as they do with steel and aluminum.
At the same time, Barrett called on the US authorities not to complicate the situation and not to dissolve Intel, but to focus on real problems.
