so... pentagon doesnt care about security? 😀

Intel can easily outbid AMD for things like this. They can even not profit from it. It adds more prestige, which is needed with AMD being so competitive.

PPC:

so... pentagon doesnt care about security? 😀

They do, hence the choice to keep the fab in the U.S. AMD would have been a poor choice here.

PPC:

so... pentagon doesnt care about security? 😀

I thought the same thing, though, one could speculate they're the reason some of the vulnerabilities exist in the first place.

PPC:

so... pentagon doesnt care about security? 😀

In the american head, a non US company is more insecure than a US one with known security issues

asturur:

In the american head, a non US company is more insecure than a US one with known security issues

nope, it looks just that way but it's really because these are great paying jobs for taxpayers with taxpayer money. aka thank you Oregon from a president whose opponent is the far right to neutralize a potential weakness. realpolitik @ home. and also because other than TSMC no one else has scale enough for the job.

It has obviously nothing to do with AMD or even Intel processors, specifically. Its just that Intel is big enough and has enough technology to manufacture advanced chips in US. Its a move of US to secure their technological base in case of conflict with China. Especially since it will be fought over Taiwan, a home to TSMC. Its good news actually.

let's also clear up that this contract calls for the most advanced technology that Intel has developed (euv) but has yet to build out. there will be unique features like hardening that are not a commercially viable feature (price/perf) but a highly valuable military feature. and in reality this is no different from Taipei building out TSMC by supplying land and infrastructure at no cost for one and reduced rates for the other. but in the medium to long term this is very good for Intel, Computing, and the consumer. in the short term it's irrelevant except to shareholders and defense boffins.