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Intel Shares Jump 30% on $13.6B Beat, $8.9B U.S. Funding

4/25/2026

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Intel Shares Surge

Intel shares jumped about 30% after reporting Q1 2026 revenue of $13.6 billion.
Revenue rose 7% year-over-year to $13.6 billion, beating the $12.4 billion estimate and delivering adjusted EPS of $0.29.
Data Center and AI sales reached $5.1 billion, up 22%, while Foundry contributed $5.4 billion.
The United States government invested $8.9 billion, buying 433.3 million shares at $20.47 each, with $5.7 billion from CHIPS Act grants and $3.2 billion from the Secure Enclave program.

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Intel Acquires Fab

Intel bought the remaining 49% of its Ireland fab, saying CPUs are essential for AI.
Earlier this year Intel hired a chief GPU architect to build GPUs for large-language models and rival Nvidia.
CEO Lip-Bu Tan said server customers are moving back toward CPUs and pairing them with accelerators in a shifting ratio.
Intel’s market cap is $335 billion and gross margin is 35.24 %.

History

Historical Context

Intel launched the original Pentium (P5) on 22 March 1993, replacing the 5-volt i486 with a dual-integer pipeline and a floating-point unit ten times faster, built from about 3.1 million transistors. Its success established a branding model that persisted through later families such as the Pentium Pro in 1995 and the revived Pentium line, shaping Intel’s long-term strategy for high-performance computing.

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Intel Shares Surge

Intel shares jumped about 30% after reporting Q1 2026 revenue of $13.6 billion.
Revenue rose 7% year-over-year to $13.6 billion, beating the $12.4 billion estimate and delivering adjusted EPS of $0.29.
Data Center and AI sales reached $5.1 billion, up 22%, while Foundry contributed $5.4 billion.
The United States government invested $8.9 billion, buying 433.3 million shares at $20.47 each, with $5.7 billion from CHIPS Act grants and $3.2 billion from the Secure Enclave program.

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