Intel secures $3.25B Israeli gov’t grant to build $25B chip fab in Israel amid ongoing tensions::Intel to build a $25 billion fab in Israel, set to get $3.25 billion in government grants.

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        11 months ago

        Even if Intel wasn’t morally bankrupt, I still wouldn’t buy them cause their CPUs have terrible performance/price, terrible performance/watt and are plagued with tons of security issues. The only reason Intel is still able to sell them is because they bribe manufacturers to exclusively use Intel and because the average person doesn’t know any better.

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            11 months ago

            Gamers Nexus just released a review of Intel’s brand new 14th gen CPUs. You might wanna check that out Greg before loosing an entire paycheck on a bad bet. (That’s a reference to the video)

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              11 months ago

              The overclocked 13th gen chips? Yeah, not worth it. That being said, the gap between Intel 13th gen and Ryzen 7xxx chips is very situational.

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              11 months ago

              Intel has had plants in Israel for decades. Back in 2014, a friend got hired by an Intel vendor to work in Israel.

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              11 months ago

              Oh I was commenting about the performance gap and performance per watt gap. It’s mostly usecase specific for each side now.

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    11 months ago

    Intel being plagued with massive hardware exploits? Check.

    Intel having terrible performance per watt? Check.

    Intel bribing manufacturers to exclusively use Intel? Check.

    Intel cooperating with a genocidal fascist regime? Check.

    Yeah, I don’t recommend AMD and Apple Silicon because I’m an AMD or Apple fan but because Intel is the most god awful option available.

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    11 months ago

    It’s easy to boycott companies sometimes, but what about your own government sending aid and weapons to a genocidal regime. As an American, I feel very hopeless.

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      11 months ago

      Not alone, my country sells oil to your country which help maintain their military power using it to kill civilians.

      But if I learned something, boycotting does hurt. They hate it so much they call ot anti-semtisim.

      So fuck intel.