Is ARM a Dead End? Intel’s Decision Indicates It

It is no secret that the Blues’ situation doesn’t look good. The Americans have overinvested in part of the company dealing with the production of semiconductors, and in addition, selected Intel Core processors of the 13th and 14th generation have problems with stability and degradation.

Intel desperately looking for money and savings

This, combined with the suspension of dividend payments to shareholders, contributed to a huge drop in the value of the companywhich lost billions of dollars. As a result, they decided to tighten their belts – about 15,000 employees will be laid off, and Intel’s investments will be severely limited.

Bloomberg editorial team noted that Intel has divested all of its shares in ARM Holdings. They were valued at 147 million dollars, or about 572.7 million zlotys. In addition, the Americans sold all the shares in ZeroFox and reduced their shares in Astera Labs.

ARM Holdings is probably known to all Telepolis readers – they are responsible for ARM core designswhich are present in almost all smartphones and tablets on the market. Intel’s investment in this company was strategic and related to cooperation on server solutions based on lithography Intel 18A.

In the case of ZeroFox, we are talking about cybersecurity specialists, but Astera Labs looks much more interesting. This is a company that creates connectivity platforms for enterprises, and investing in them was again strategic due to ensuring a steady supply of elements such as PCIe retimers.

Despite everything, generating 147 million from the sale of shares in ARM Holdings it’s just a drop in the ocean of Intel’s needs. The American giant reported losses of $1.6 billion in the second quarter. The Blues’ hope is the launch of new processor families such as Intel Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake..