Chip-making giant Intel on Monday said it was delaying its plans to build two mega chip-making factories in Germany and Poland as the company faces lower demand than anticipated.
Intel expands its collaboration with AWS and announces other changes inside the company.
Intel (INTC) shares surged in extended trading on Monday after the embattled chipmaker's CEO Pat Gelsinger provided an update on the company's plans to slash costs and turn around its business.
A co-investment between microchip giant Intel (INTC) and cloud services giant AWS (AMZN) was announced this afternoon, pushing INTC shares up +8%.
Intel Corp.'s plans to create an independent subsidiary for its foundry business was a much-needed move aimed at convincing potential customers that they can trust their chip designs with a competitor's manufacturing arm.
Intel (INTC) shares surged in extended trading Monday after CEO Pat Gelsinger offered an update on the chipmaker's plans to cut costs and bolster its business, with investors awaiting signs of a turnaround for its stock.
A new budget dispute emerged within Germany's ruling coalition on Monday, with the finance ministry saying funds no longer needed to subsidize Intel's new chip-making plants should be used to balance the books and the economy ministry pushing back.
Major U.S. stock indexes were mixed on Monday as the Federal Reserve prepares for its meeting this week, with a crucial decision on interest rates due Wednesday. With near certainty that policymakers will begin a rate-cutting cycle, the magnitude of the first rate reduction remains in question.
Intel is building foundry plants in four states as part of its project to increase domestic semiconductor manufacturing for other suppliers. In March, the Biden administration awarded Intel with up to $8.5 billion under the CHIPS and Science Act.
Dow Jones tech giant Intel led the S&P 500 Monday, and kept running late. Apple chipmakers Qorvo and Skyworks sold off on iPhone 16 concerns.
Intel and Amazon's AWS said on Monday they would expand their collaboration, including a co-investment in custom chip designs, under a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar framework.
Intel said Monday that it's creating a separate entity for its foundry business, a structure that could allow it to raise outside funding. The chipmaker has spent roughly $25 billion on the foundry business the past two years.