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Posted on 05/09/2026 9:12:27 PM PDT by House Atreides
In a significant development for the tech and semiconductor industries, Apple and Intel have struck a preliminary agreement under which Intel will manufacture some of the chips that power Apple devices. The news, reported by Robbie Whelan and Rolfe Winkler for The Wall Street Journal on May 8, 2026, marks a notable comeback effort for Intel and highlights ongoing efforts to strengthen domestic U.S. chip production.
The Role of the Trump Administration:
The U.S. government played a pivotal role in facilitating the deal. Last summer, the Trump administration converted nearly $9 billion in federal grants into a roughly 10% stake in Intel. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been actively engaging with tech leaders, including Apple’s Tim Cook, to encourage partnerships with Intel. President Trump personally advocated for the collaboration in a White House meeting with Cook.
This fits into a broader pattern: Intel has now secured partnerships with Apple, Nvidia (which invested $5 billion and will use Intel for custom data center CPUs), and Elon Musk’s companies (for a new Texas chip plant serving Tesla, xAI, and SpaceX).
Trump has publicly praised the developments, noting in January that government backing helped attract major partners: “As soon as we went in, Apple went in, Nvidia went in, a lot of smart people went in.”
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Shrewd move, Mr President. Keep up your efforts to REINDUSTRIALIZE AND REVITALIZE AMERICA. I’M LOVING IT!
“REINDUSTRIALIZE AND REVITALIZE AMERICA”
A MAJOR component of that is low-cost, abundant, and reliable power. Shutting down green energy boondoggles, opening up CA for offshore petroleum, getting pipelines permitted and built (a new Canadian-US one is in the works) are all instrumental.
Good. Apple will design, Intel will manufacture.
>> Good. Apple will design, Intel will manufacture.
That’s been done before. Couple decades ago.
So it will be revived
We should always embrace big government, because guess what big government is the future! Big government FOREVER!
“We should always embrace big government, because guess what big government is the future! Big government FOREVER! “
Bailouts and too big to fail are not a legitimate function of government.
You are an ass
“Bailouts and too big to fail are not a legitimate function of government.”
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