Intel Shares Face Pressure as Key Partnership Hits a Snag

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Intel’s stock recovery has encountered an unexpected obstacle during the holiday period. Reports that its crucial partner, Nvidia, has halted testing of a key manufacturing process have cast doubt on the chipmaker’s ambitious “foundry-first” strategy. Investors are now left to assess whether the issues with the pivotal 18A production node represent a temporary setback or a more fundamental challenge to the company’s turnaround plans.