Intel Foundry is the US government's most strategic bet for domestic leading-edge chip manufacturing, backed by up to .5 billion in CHIPS Act grants and targeting Apple, Microsoft, and Broadcom as customers for its Intel 18A process. Success would give the US a credible domestic alternative to TSMC, reducing the geopolitical risk concentrated in Taiwan. The technical and commercial hurdles are formidable — Intel has not been a leading-edge foundry before — but the strategic stakes are uniquely high.
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