Among higher tensions with China, US President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted that Intel Director General Lip-Bu Tan, must resign, accusing Tan of carrying interesting conflicts.
“Intel’s Director General is very conflicted and must resign immediately. There is no other solution to this problem. Thanks for your attention to this problem!” Trump wrote On his social media, truth social.
Trump has not shared any evidence or details on why Tan may have conflicts of interest.
Trump’s post comes after Republican Senator Tom Cotton on Wednesday wrote To the board of Intel, asking about Tan’s alleged ties with China, his investments in the country, and raised concerns about his time leading Cadence Design Systems, who had a Chinese military university as a client.
Tan, who took over the helmet in Marchfocused on improving efficiency at the ragman, who lost land to companies like NVIDIA and AMD in the AI racing race. Tan has since ever dismissed thousands of staffspiked plans for New factory plantsand trying Sell non-core affiliates As he tries to return the company to be an engineering first business.
Notably, Intel was a major part of the Chips Act of the Biden administration, promised Almost $ 8 billion Establish manufacturing and packing projects in facilities Arizona,, New -Mexico,, Ohioand Oregon.
Intel did not immediately return a request for comment.
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