Intel Foundry launch poses challenge for Israel operations (opens in new tab)

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2 pointssmoothjazz2y ago6 comments

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It seems unthinkable that Intel would continue to invest in Israel. They should have never done it in the first place, and building a new fab would be at minimum a major PR disaster.

isthatafact2y ago

Intel CEO (2017): "We think of ourselves as an Israeli company as much as a US company"

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Intel-CEO-We-think-of-ours...

For me it is one of many reasons to avoid Intel products, but I am not sure why their upcoming fab in Israel will be a PR disaster -- Intel will simply focus their PR on their USA factories.

tguvot2y ago

if you want to avoid products developed or manufactured in israel, you probably need to stop using any electronics products. and a bunch of medical.

runarberg2y ago

What was the impact of IBM collaborating with the Nazis prior to and during World War 2. It is my understanding that there was very little to no negative impact on their business from the bad PR.

Perhaps this is just a calculated risk Intel is willing to embark on. And with the number of anti-boycott laws and policies in America and Western Europe, I’m not surprise they’d take that risk. After all, both Siemens and Chevron are on the BDS boycott list for the Eurasia interconnector, but are very minimally (if at all) effected. So little in fact that I’m expecting Siemens to land a huge deal with California in building the trainsets for their high speed rail network.

bluefishinit2y ago

Did IBM have factories in the war zone though? BDS aside, I would think building any infrastructure in Israel would come with a very high risk of disruption or actual destruction.

runarberg2y ago

Good point. I actually do think BDS is a good and effective strategy, I was perhaps being overly pessimistic here. Hopefully Intel will get punished for their complacency in ways IBM wasn’t.

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smoothjazzOP2y ago

It seems unthinkable that Intel would continue to invest in Israel. They should have never done it in the first place, and building a new fab would be at minimum a major PR disaster.

isthatafact2y ago

Intel CEO (2017): "We think of ourselves as an Israeli company as much as a US company"

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Intel-CEO-We-think-of-ours...

For me it is one of many reasons to avoid Intel products, but I am not sure why their upcoming fab in Israel will be a PR disaster -- Intel will simply focus their PR on their USA factories.

tguvot2y ago

if you want to avoid products developed or manufactured in israel, you probably need to stop using any electronics products. and a bunch of medical.

runarberg2y ago

What was the impact of IBM collaborating with the Nazis prior to and during World War 2. It is my understanding that there was very little to no negative impact on their business from the bad PR.

bluefishinit2y ago

Did IBM have factories in the war zone though? BDS aside, I would think building any infrastructure in Israel would come with a very high risk of disruption or actual destruction.

runarberg2y ago

Good point. I actually do think BDS is a good and effective strategy, I was perhaps being overly pessimistic here. Hopefully Intel will get punished for their complacency in ways IBM wasn’t.

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