Intel has reportedly received a $3.5 billion federal grant to manufacture semiconductors for the U.S. Department of Defense through a "Secure Enclave" program.

Intel executives are working to address the company's cash flow problems to generate blood for the company's future production activities.

Intel is considering selling part of its stake in autonomous driving computing company Mobileye. Its proposed self-rescue plan also includes selling its programmable chip division Altera and possibly selling or splitting its wafer foundry business.

Ryuta Makino, a research analyst at Gabelli Funds, pointed out that NVIDIA's shares have surged 118.08 percent this year, climbing to the world's third-largest company in terms of market capitalization and potentially replacing Intel in the Dow Jones.

Sources say Intel is considering programs including splitting its chip design and foundry business and canceling some of its factory construction projects to address the company's current woes.

It is understood that SoftBank failed to reach an agreement with Intel on the plan to cooperate in the production of AI chips, so it turned to TSMC for foundry.

The Construction Laborers Pension Trust of Greater St. Louis, one of Intel's shareholders, launched a class-action lawsuit against Intel as lead plaintiff on Wednesday, alleging that the company concealed problems with its internal chip-making operations.

Intel announced that the first sample chips based on the 18A process have successfully passed the boot test and successfully started the operating system, showing excellent process yield.。

Recently, Intel's Q2 financial report fell short of market expectations. Additionally, the announcement of large-scale layoffs and the suspension of dividends led to the company's stock price plummeting by over 29%, marking its largest decline in nearly 50 years.

Influenced by several negative factors, Intel shares plunged 10.5%. Other chip stocks were also affected, with AMD and Nvidia shares both falling.

Intel plans to lay off thousands of workers to cut costs and fund recovery programmes designed to meet the challenges of declining market share and diminishing earnings.

Goldman Sachs recently released a research report on the three major semiconductor giants in the United States, AMD, ARM, and Intel. In the report, Goldman Sachs maintains a "buy" rating for AMD and ARM, and a "sell" rating for Intel.

Intel has adopted TSMC's advanced 3nm process and CoWoS technology with the aim of expanding software resources and enhancing customer stickiness to counter NVIDIA's market monopoly.

Other Apple devices that may carry the M5 chip (MacBook and iPad Pro) are also expected to use TSMC's advanced 2nm process technology.

Intel is facing a class action lawsuit from investors due to losses in its manufacturing division and misleading statements.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has announced that mass production of Lunar Lake processors will begin in the third quarter, which will further solidify the company's leadership in the AI PC market.

Intel expects second-quarter revenue to fall short of the market's median forecast, largely because of the impact of the new U.S. ban on Huawei on its business.

The US government has officially revoked Qualcomm and Intel's licences to export chips to Huawei, particularly in the smartphone and laptop sectors.

Intel's first quarter adjusted earnings per share were 18 cents, exceeding expectations. However, the revenue was $1.272 billion, slightly lower than expected.

China's telecoms industry stopped using foreign chips, which had a major impact on AMD and Intel's share prices, and the foreign chip industry may be in flux.