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The U.S. Government Is Now Intel's Biggest Stakeholder. That Changes the Accountability Math.
5/2/2026
The CHIPS Act was always a bet. The federal government would front billions in grants and equity to domestic chipmakers, and in return, those companies would deliver the manufacturing capacity America needed to stop depending on Taiwan. The implicit assumption was that the money…
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