Stefan Mileschin

Chipzilla can still make Chinese chips

Intel's dodged a bullet that could've seen it kiss goodbye to a fortune in chip sales to Huawei. Despite the bigwigs in Washington wringing their hands to cut off the flow, Intel's still shipping its shiny processors to the Chinese telecom titan for their laptops.

The drama started when AMD, Intel's arch-rival, cried foul, moaning it didn't get the same sweet deal to sell its chips to Huawei. Meanwhile, the China hawks were circling, eager to slam the brakes on any sales to the firm.

Huawei is not just sitting pretty; thanks to Intel's chips, it's nabbing a slice of the global laptop pie. But AMD is missing out on a hefty payday, and it is not happy about it.

Senator Marco Rubio's up in arms, demanding Biden yank Intel's license pronto, especially since they're pocketing taxpayer cash to beef up chip production stateside. Rubio’s dislike of the deal is a little ironic given that it was signed off by his chum Donald Trump in his last days off office. Just as Trump packed his bags to leave the White House, his Commerce Department tossed Intel a lifeline, letting them sell certain parts to Huawei.

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