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China’s fanboy Intel is fast losing its business to a China-hawk Samsung

Vikrant Thardak by Vikrant Thardak
January 23, 2022
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Apart from its vast semiconductor business empire, Intel is known for having extremely close ties with the Chinese Communist Party. At beginning of this year, Intel attempted to please China by deleting references to Xinjiang from an annual letter sent to suppliers. The American company made it clear- it will prioritize its business interests in China ahead of the human rights of poor Chinese.

And make no mistake, when former US President Donald Trump had launched a scathing trade war against China back in 2019, Intel conveniently chose to side with China to save its profits and shore up its revenues. Intel was quietly lobbying the US deep state to impede the Trump administration’s plans to punish China. Top officials from Intel were lobbying the US commerce department to ease the ban on China’s Huawei, a national security threat for the US that has direct links with the Chinese military.

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Intel gets its pockets burnt in China

You see when it comes to choosing sides between US and China; Intel prefers to embrace the communist giant to keep its business interests intact and afloat. However, Intel’s plan has miserably backfired now. It is now realizing placing bets on China was one of its biggest mistakes. Consider these numbers now:

  1. Revenue for Intel rose just 0.5% last year despite red-hot markets. This was the slowest growth rate among the top 25 chip-making giants worldwide.
  2. Intel was the world’s biggest semiconductor giant till the last year, but now Samsung has taken over the top position.
  3. In November last year, Bloomberg reportedthat another American chip-making company AMD had eroded Intel’s dominance in the PC processor market by grabbing a 25% share in the market for high-end computing.

Nothing extraordinary here; Intel’s fortunes are sinking, and its love for China is now proving to be perilous. For instance, when the world was grappling with vehement chip shortages last year, Intel saw there an opportunity to ramp up its production in China.

Intel pushed for ramping up production in China during the pandemic

Reports that emerged in November revealed that Intel was pressing the Biden administration to allow it to use a factory in Chengdu to increase the production of silicon wafers which could have been set up by late 2022. However, the Biden administration had reportedly nixed Intel’s plans fearing a backlash from the security establishment.

Intel’s overreliance on the communist nation is now turning out to be a pain in the eye for the American company. Crackdown on tech giants has dampened demands of Intel-made chips in China. It refused to shift away from China when others did. And now it’s paying a heavy price for the same.

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Samsung growing at Intel’s expense

Meanwhile, companies like Samsung are registering impressive growth rates in the same period. For instance, Samsung’s semiconductor revenue surged 31.6% in 2021 to hit a whopping $75.9 billion. Sales from Samsung’s memory business jumped 34.2% last year on stay-at-home demand.

The South Korean giant tactfully shifted its business away from China to countries like India and Vietnam over the last few years, which helped the company gain acceptance in democratic nations. Samsung is already planning to build a $17 billion semiconductor factory in Taylor near Austin, Texas, over the next three years as part of an effort to increase its manufacturing capacity and alleviate the global chip shortage.

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Lesson for other China-loving corporates

When it came to dumping China for democratic countries, Samsung spearheaded the exodus from the CCP-ruled nation which even led to the emergence of ghost cities in the communist country. And now, Samsung’s efforts are paying off. Samsung has gained the trust of users outside China impressively, leading to the company witnessing record-breaking profits and revenues last year.

This also serves as a life lesson for other businesses eying better growth prospective. Commercial links to China could very well harm their business interests in democratic countries. Intel learned this lesson the hard way, but that is sure to raise red flags for other China-loving corporates of the US.

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  1. Avatar Akma says:
    4 months ago

    What a BS report. When you just spreading hatred for the sake of it nothing rational will come from it. You said Samsung is shifted it business away from China but you didn’t realised that Samsung has 3 semiconductor fabs in China manufacturing memory chip. And where is the connection between Intel’s revenue growth or Samsung’s revenue growth with supporting China or democratic countries? And where is the proof that Intel’s revenue being affected by them obeying China’s order? Both companies still see large percentage of their revenue came from China.

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  2. Avatar Ben says:
    4 months ago

    What a junk report. Why blames intel with Chinese communist party? People in China don’t care about if you are US or Japan companies. What they really care are simply if your products have higher cost performance. Look at what intel has made so far in past few years. It is not only happening just in China.

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