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mschuster91 on Oct 20, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Intel exits memory business, sale to Hynix for $9B

> until VCs do what China does and start pouring money into hard stuff, not just fluffy software

VCs won't do that, it's not their business model. The only way out is government funding - the way it has been for decades.

someperson on Oct 20, 2020 [–]

5 of the "traitorous eight" from Fairchild Semiconductor were the investors who funded Intel

brain5ide on Oct 20, 2020 | [–]

This happened once.

paulgerhardt on Oct 20, 2020 | | [–]

Intel went on to fund 1500 more companies, 200 of which went public, one of which was Broadcom.

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