Intel in talks to produce chips for automakers within six to nine months
So, Intel has been having trouble getting their cutting-edge (very small geometry) manufacturing to work.  Automotive chips, however, I believe typically do not require the very newest, smallest geometry manufacturing (although they have other peculiarities and demanding requirements).<p>I was, many years ago, employed as a manufacturing engineer in semiconductor fabs that, once no longer cutting edge enough to do the latest CPU&#x27;s or memory chips, would transition to doing higher-voltage stuff.  It&#x27;s a reasonable thing to do.  It does not necessarily speak well of Intel&#x27;s current situation, though, with respect to CPU and memory chips, that they consider this a good move.  But, given their current situation, it probably is making the best of a bad situation.