{"id":1292628,"date":"2026-03-31T13:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pK9h7hPTpcKQqtj8jHTKY9"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:38:18","slug":"softbank-announces-its-buying-a-2-billion-stake-in-intel-as-the-trump-administration-reportedly-considers-a-10-slice-of-the-bright-blue-chipmaking-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/softbank-announces-its-buying-a-2-billion-stake-in-intel-as-the-trump-administration-reportedly-considers-a-10-slice-of-the-bright-blue-chipmaking-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Softbank announces it&#8217;s buying a $2 billion stake in Intel as the Trump administration reportedly considers a 10% slice of the bright blue chipmaking pie"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>What a difference a few days makes. After reports indicated that the US government was in talks to take a stake in Intel late last week, a new Bloomberg report says the Trump administration is <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-08-18\/trump-administration-said-to-discuss-taking-a-10-stake-in-intel\" target=\"_blank\">eyeing up a hefty 10% stake<\/a> in the chipmaker\u2014while Japanese investment giant Softbank has announced it&#8217;s buying a $2 billion stake of its own.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was revealed on Intel&#8217;s own newsroom page, confirming that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.intel.com\/corporate\/softbank-group-and-intel-corporation-sign-2b-investment-agreement\" target=\"_blank\">Softbank had signed a &#8220;definitive securities purchase agreement&#8221;<\/a> to make a $2 billion investment in Intel common stock.<\/p>\n<p>Masayoshi Son, the Chairman &#038; CEO of SoftBank Group Corp., said: &#8220;For more than 50 years, Intel has been a trusted leader in innovation. This strategic investment reflects our belief that advanced semiconductor manufacturing and supply will further expand in the United States, with Intel playing a critical role.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>New Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan commented: &#8220;Masa and I have worked closely together for decades, and I appreciate the confidence he has placed in Intel with this investment.&#8221; It&#8217;s been quite the change in fortunes in recent days for the Intel chief, after he was forced to respond to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/trump-says-intel-ceo-must-immediately-resign-as-us-senator-questions-lip-bu-tans-china-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\">calls to resign from President Trump<\/a> regarding his involvement with Chinese companies earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Still, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/after-saying-he-should-resign-immediately-president-trump-changes-his-mind-about-intel-ceo-lip-bu-tan-and-calls-his-success-and-rise-an-amazing-story-looks-forward-to-fixes-for-intels-foundry\/\" target=\"_blank\">a meeting between the two<\/a> last week appears to have gone so well, the US government is now eyeing up a substantial piece of Intel\u2014and a serious investment from Softbank certainly seems to have done wonders for the chipmaker&#8217;s share price, which <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cly4vn1nxg7o\" target=\"_blank\">rose by more than five percent<\/a> at the news.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1569px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:55.77%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"gywvJokCYFrGaCdJJFwopR\" name=\"Lip-Bu Tan\" alt=\"Lip-Bu Tan conducting his keynote\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/softbank-announces-its-buying-a-2-billion-stake-in-intel-as-the-trump-administration-reportedly-considers-a-10-slice-of-the-bright-blue-chipmaking-pie.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1569\" height=\"875\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Intel)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An interesting point to note is Softbank&#8217;s existing involvement in the chipmaking space, particularly in regards to its previous ownership of mobile chip behemoth Arm, before the company was put out to public offering. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfobrew.com\/stories\/2024\/10\/02\/how-arm-benefits-from-softbank-as-majority-shareholder-according-to-its-cfo\" target=\"_blank\">Softbank still owns around 90% of shares in Arm Holdings<\/a>, while its investment fund pumps money into several other tech firms\u2014many of which might be interested in Intel Foundry, which is <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/intel-has-just-18-months-to-land-a-hero-customer-on-14a-or-its-cutting-edge-fabs-are-toast-says-chip-industry-analyst\/\" target=\"_blank\">still searching for customers for its 14A node<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Should Softbank push Arm towards Intel&#8217;s efforts, it might go some way to propping up its <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/save-intels-fabs-before-the-rust-of-time-makes-them-worthless-four-former-intel-board-members-want-a-joint-venture-between-nvidia-qualcomm-google-amazon-apple-broadcom-and-others-to-create-an-american-foundry\/\" target=\"_blank\">beleaguered foundry business<\/a> in a way that could potentially work out well for all sides involved. Certainly, Softbank&#8217;s gigantic investment funds make it a major player in the tech industry, and let&#8217;s not forget its <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/openai-just-raised-another-usd8-3-billon-in-a-funding-round-that-values-it-at-an-unbelievable-usd300b-surpassing-amd-coca-cola-and-general-electric\/\" target=\"_blank\">substantial funding of OpenAI<\/a>. Which, now I think of it, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/openai-hopes-to-break-ais-reliance-on-nvidia-by-using-investment-from-uae-to-make-its-own-chips\/\" target=\"_blank\">seems very interested in making hardware of its own<\/a>. It&#8217;s all looking like one big circle at the moment, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/softbank-announces-its-buying-a-usd2-billion-stake-in-intel-as-the-trump-administration-reportedly-considers-a-10-percent-slice-of-the-bright-blue-chipmaking-pie\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a difference a few days makes. After reports indicated that the US government was in talks to take a stake in Intel late last week, a new Bloomberg report says the Trump administration is eyeing up a hefty 10% stake in the chipmaker\u2014while Japanese investment giant Softbank has announced it&#8217;s buying a $2 billion stake of its own. The announcement was revealed on Intel&#8217;s own newsroom page, confirming that Softbank had signed a &#8220;definitive securities purchase agreement&#8221; to make a $2 billion investment in Intel common stock. Masayoshi Son, the Chairman &#038; CEO of SoftBank Group Corp., said: &#8220;For more than 50 years, Intel has been a trusted leader in innovation. This strategic investment reflects our belief that advanced semiconductor manufacturing and supply will&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/softbank-announces-its-buying-a-2-billion-stake-in-intel-as-the-trump-administration-reportedly-considers-a-10-slice-of-the-bright-blue-chipmaking-pie\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1292629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[66,10710],"class_list":["post-1292628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-hardware","tag-processors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Softbank announces it&#039;s buying a $2 billion stake in Intel as the Trump administration reportedly considers a 10% slice of the bright blue chipmaking pie | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What a difference a few days makes. 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