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☆ Intel's wild week leaves Wall Street more uncertain than ever about chipmaker's future
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The rally provides little relief to CEO Pat Gelsinger, who has had a tough run since taking the helm in 2021. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks while showing silicon wafers during an event called AI Everywhere in New York, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. That prospect would be more palatable to Wall Street if Intel's core business was at the top of its game. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in February that it would use Intel to produce a chip, but didn't provide details. U.S. President Joe Biden listens to Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger as he attends the groundbreaking of the new Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility in New Albany, Ohio, U.S., September 9, 2022.

Persons: Patrick Gelsinger, Brendan Smialowski, Pat Gelsinger, Seth Wenig, Gelsinger, CNBC's Jon Fortt, Intel hasn't, Fortt, Satya Nadella, Joe Biden, Joshua Roberts Organizations: Intel, AFP, Getty, CNBC, Qualcomm, Nvidia, AP, U.S, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Samsung, Apple, Microsoft, Intel Foundry Locations: Chandler , Arizona, New York, Silicon Valley, Poland, Germany, Malaysian, New Albany , Ohio, U.S

Qualcomm recently approached struggling chipmaker Intel about a takeover, CNBC has confirmed. Intel shares initially popped on the news before closing up about 3%, while Qualcomm shares fell about 3% at the close. Intel shares are down 53% this year as investors express doubts about the company's costly plans to manufacture and design chips. Intel has also missed out on the artificial intelligence boom that's captured the attention of Wall Street. Intel was unsuccessful with its attempted acquisition of Tower Semiconductor, as was Qualcomm in its bid to acquire NXP Semiconductor.

Persons: Patrick Gelsinger, Trump Organizations: Qualcomm, Intel, CNBC, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Samsung, Nvidia, Tower Semiconductor, NXP Semiconductor, Broadcom, Federal Trade Commission Locations: China, Singapore, Europe, Asia

☆ Intel, Struggling to Turn Itself Around, Will Cut More Than 15,000 Jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Don Clark | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Intel, the Silicon Valley chip maker, said on Thursday that it will slash more than 15,000 jobs to aid a turnaround plan, as the company tries to recover after a series of stumbles. The job cuts amounted to 15 percent of Intel’s work force. The company also announced other restructuring moves and a reduction in capital spending, which are expected to cut costs by $10 billion in 2025. To conserve cash, Intel also said it would suspend its quarterly dividend in the fourth quarter. “This is painful news for me to share,” Patrick Gelsinger, Intel’s chief executive, said in a letter to employees.

Persons: ” Patrick Gelsinger, “ Organizations: Intel

☆ Nvidia, AMD unveil next generation AI technology ahead of Computex in Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Wayne Chang | Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Taipei/Hong Kong CNN —Nvidia and AMD have separately launched the next generation of their artificial intelligence (AI) chips in Taiwan, as a three-way race with Intel heats up. Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia (NVDA), said Sunday that the company would roll out its most advanced AI chip platform, called Rubin, in 2026. The Rubin platform will succeed the Blackwell, which supplies chips for data centers and was announced only in March. But competition is growing, with major competitors AMD (AMD) and Intel (INTC) introducing new products in an effort to challenge Nvidia’s dominance. The new chip will succeed the MI300 and feature more memory, faster memory bandwidth and better computer performance, Su added.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Rubin, Blackwell, Vera, Huang, ”, Richard Windsor, Lisa Su, ” Su, MI300X, Su, MI400, Patrick Gelsinger Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Nvidia, AMD, Intel, National Taiwan University, Radio Free Mobile Locations: Taipei, Hong Kong, Taiwan, “, we’re, Computex

☆ Intel unveils latest AI chip as Nvidia competition heats up
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Nvidia has an estimated 80% of the AI chip market with its graphics processors, known as GPUs, which have been the high-end chip of choice for AI builders over the past year. Intel says the new Gaudi 3 chip is over twice as power-efficient as and can run AI models one-and-a-half times faster than Nvidia's H100 GPU. Intel on Tuesday unveiled its latest artificial intelligence chip, called Gaudi 3, as chipmakers rush to produce semiconductors that can train and deploy big AI models, such as the one underpinning OpenAI's ChatGPT. AMD is also looking to expand and sell more AI chips for servers. Intel is teaming up with other chip and software giants, including Google , Qualcomm and Arm to build open software that isn't proprietary and could enable software companies to easily switch chip providers.

Persons: Abu, Gaudi, Das Kamhout, Sachin Katti, Patrick Gelsinger Organizations: Nvidia, Intel, Gaudi, Dell, HP, AMD, Microsoft, Google, Qualcomm Locations: Abu Dhabi, Ohio

☆ Intel's bold claims for new chip, plus bad calls on Wells Fargo, Freeport-McMoRan
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Given the company's track record, it is not surprising to us that its stock isn't working after these much-ballyhooed claims. Upgrades/downgrades: Bank earnings season kicks off this Friday with Wells Fargo , JPMorgan , and Citigroup scheduled to report. Meanwhile, Cramer is critical of an upgrade of Freeport-McMoRan after the stock has gained 35% since the beginning of March. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Stocks, Gaudi, Wells, Wells Fargo, Cramer, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Patrick Gelsinger, Brendan Smialowski Organizations: CNBC, Nvidia, Intel, JPMorgan, Citigroup, KBW, Citi, GE, GE Healthcare, Core CPI, Jim Cramer's Charitable, AFP, Getty Locations: Wells Fargo, Freeport, McMoRan, Chandler , Arizona

☆ Intel shares fall after company reveals $7 billion operating loss in foundry business
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Intel shares fell 4% at one point in extended trading on Tuesday after the company revealed long-awaited financials for its semiconductor manufacturing business, commonly called the foundry business, in a SEC filing. Intel said its foundry business recorded an operating loss of $7 billion in 2023 on sales of $18.9 billion. That's a wider loss than the $5.2 billion Intel reported in its foundry business in 2022 on $25.7 billion in sales. "Intel Foundry is going to drive considerable earnings growth for Intel over time. 2024 is the trough for foundry operating losses," Gelsinger said on a call with investors on Tuesday.

Persons: Patrick Gelsinger, Gelsinger Organizations: Intel, SEC, Nvidia, AMD, Microsoft, Intel Foundry Locations: American

☆ Intel survived bid to halt millions in sales to China's Huawei, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"No American company, especially those receiving taxpayer funding, should be fueling its innovation," he said, referencing Intel's expected grant from the Commerce Department to expand its U.S. chip production. Republican Senator Marco Rubio called on the Biden administration to revoke Intel's license to sell to Huawei "immediately" following the Reuters report. Intel, Huawei, the Commerce Department and the White House declined to comment. Intel's share of sales of Huawei laptops containing its chips soared during the period from 52.9% to 90.7%, according to the presentation. Meanwhile, Huawei continues to rely heavily on Intel chips for its laptops, its website shows.

Persons: Patrick Gelsinger, Marco Rubio, Biden, Joe Biden, Trump, Donald Trump Organizations: Intel Corp, Intel Innovation, Intel, Huawei, Commerce Department, Republican, Reuters, AMD, Devices, White, Embassy, NPD, GfK, IRI, NIQ, U.S Locations: Intel Innovation Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan, U.S, China, Washington, United States, Beijing

☆ Intel on pace for worst day since 2020 on weak outlook
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks during an event called AI Everywhere in New York, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Intel shares slumped 12% on Friday and headed for their steepest drop since July 2020, after the chipmaker issued a forecast for the current quarter that came in far short of analysts' estimates. Analysts were expecting earnings of 33 cents per share on $14.15 billion of revenue, according to LSEG, formerly Refinitiv. As of Friday afternoon, Intel shares were trading at $43.68. WATCH: Intel stock sinks as early 2024 outlook comes up short

Persons: Pat Gelsinger, Patrick Gelsinger, Seymour Ross Organizations: Intel, CNBC, PC, Deutsche Bank Locations: New York

☆ Intel plans to IPO programmable chip unit within three years; stock rises after hours
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Intel said it will treat its programmable chip unit as as a standalone business, with an aim to spin it out through an IPO in the next two to three years. Intel's Programmable Solutions Group will have its own balance sheet as it heads toward independence. The move also highlights the strong demand in the semiconductor industry for field programmable gate arrays, or FPGAs. Intel's FPGAs are sold under the Agilex brand. Intel doesn't break out PSG sales yet, but said in July that the unit had three record quarters in a row, offsetting a slump in server chip sales.

Persons: Pat Gelsinger, Sandra Rivera, Patrick Gelsinger, Gelsinger Organizations: Intel Corporation, Senate Commerce, Science, Innovation, Russell, Intel, Programmable Solutions, Center, PSG, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Lattice Semiconductor, AMD, Intel's Data Locations: Mobileye

And while Musk has mentioned the trip in two posts since leaving, he didn't tweet once while in China. That said, after three years of harsh COVID curbs that hampered entry into China, foreign CEOs appear eager to get the lay of the land. Sixty-seven foreign business leaders attended the high-profile China Development Forum this year, although that is still 20 fewer than in 2019. The few known comments by foreign CEOs whilst they were in China have been in line with Biden's stance that he is not seeking to decouple the world's two largest economies. The foreign ministry quoted Musk as saying he was opposed to a decoupling of the U.S. and China economies which he described as "conjoined twins".

Persons: Elon Musk, Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, Musk, Goldman's Solomon, wariness, Xi, Noah Fraser, Tesla, Goldman, Joe Biden, Tim Cook, Patrick Gelsinger, Mary Barra, Stephen Schwarzman, Jamie Dimon, Christopher Johnson, JPMorgan's Dimon, Daniel Russel, Brenda Goh, Joe Cash, Selena Li, Zhang Yan, David Brunnstrom, David Shepardson, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Media, Twitter, Canada China Business Council, EU Chamber of Commerce, U.S . Department of Commerce, U.S, flashpoints, General Motors, China, China Strategies, U.S ., JPMorgan, Blackstone, Intel, JPMorgan Global China Summit, Asia Society Policy Institute, Thomson Locations: SHANGHAI, BEIJING, China, Shanghai, U.S, Washington, Beijing, Blackstone's, East, Hong Kong

☆ Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: Mobileye, EPAM Systems, Thor Industries, Apple and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading. EPAM Systems — The software firm fell 2.9% a day after the company posted second-quarter earnings and revenue guidance that was below analysts' expectations. Thor Industries — Shares surged nearly 10% after the recreational vehicle manufacturer reported an earnings and revenue beat. Smucker — The food products stock gained 1% in premarket trading after J.M. Apple — The iPhone maker dipped less than 1% in premarket trading a day after releasing its Vision Pro mixed-reality headset.

Persons: Amnon Shashua, Patrick Gelsinger, Mobileye, Coinbase, Thor, McCormick, Gitlab, GitLab, Refinitiv, Ferguson —, Ferguson, Smucker, Davidson, Jesse Pound Organizations: Intel, Nasdaq, U.S . Securities, Exchange, SEC, Binance, Systems, Thor Industries, Bank of America, Revenue, Apple, Street, D.A Locations: New York, underperform

☆ In Contrast to China, Japan at G-7 Basks in Newfound Appeal to Companies
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Peter Landers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Japan’s central bank forecasts that output will grow 1.4% in the fiscal year ending next March, surpassing the prepandemic peak. Photo: kimimasa mayama/ShutterstockTOKYO—You would think this was the capital of a fast-growing Asian tiger economy the way American CEOs are flocking here these days. Apple ’s Tim Cook , Google’s Sundar Pichai , OpenAI’s Sam Altman , Intel’s Patrick Gelsinger and Warren Buffett are among the bosses to show up in recent months. Better reserve in advance if you want the hotel’s executive suite.

☆ Intel reports largest quarterly loss in company history
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

It's also Intel's largest quarterly loss of all time, beating out the fourth quarter of 2017, when it lost $687 million. In the first quarter, Intel swung to a net loss of $2.8 billion, or 66 cents per share, from a net profit of $8.1 billion, or $1.98 per share, last year . For the second quarter, Intel expects to lose 4 cents per share on revenue of $12 billion. Still, the loss per share and sales were slightly better than soft Wall Street expectations. In the meantime, a business that used to print money is struggling, especially in PC chips, which used to be the company's strongest product line.

☆ Mobileye pops more than 30% in market debut after spinning out of Intel
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Mobileye shares popped more than 30% in their stock market debut on Wednesday after the maker of technology for self-driving cars was spun out of Intel . In a year that's seen no significant tech IPOs in the U.S., Mobileye offers investors an opportunity to get in on area of growth. At its IPO price of $21, Mobileye was valued at just $17 billion, resulting in minimal gains for Intel thus far. Intel will retain control of Mobileye and hold over 750 million shares of Class B stock, which has 10 times the voting power of Class A stock. Intel shares were down slightly on Wednesday and have lost about 47% of their value this year, while the Nasdaq is down 29%.

☆ Intel says Moore's Law is still alive and well. Nvidia says it's ended.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Patrick Gelsinger, Intel CEO, at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 23rd. Two of the most important American semiconductor companies disagree about the pace of chip advancements and whether Moore's Law still applies. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said on Tuesday at a company launch event that Moore's Law, a rule of thumb from Intel's founder dating back to the 1960s, is "alive and well." Co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang said last week that Moore's Law has ended. "The method of using brute force transistors and the advances of Moore's law has largely ran its course," Huang told investors after unveiling new products.

☆ Chip-Making Push Expected to Boost U.S. Innovation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Angus Loten | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. efforts to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing will have a beneficial impact on homegrown innovation, in part by ensuring tech startups have the resources they need to scale emerging technologies, industry experts said. Newsletter Sign-up WSJ | CIO Journal The Morning Download delivers daily insights and news on business technology from the CIO Journal team. PREVIEWMs. Levine, speaking Tuesday at The Wall Street Journal’s CIO Network online summit, said a robust domestic semiconductor industry can help unlock downstream innovation. The bipartisan Chips and Science Act, which Congress approved in July, goes a long way to boost innovation, Ms. Levine said. But in a capital-intensive industry like semiconductor fabs, where other countries have long supported private manufacturers, “it’s problematic that the U.S. isn’t involved,” Mr. Burns said.

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