The boss of the American company of semiconductors and processors, appointed last March, was questioned yesterday by a senator for his links with Chinese companies.
“There is no other solution to the problem” decided Donald Trump on his social social account. The American president called on Thursday to resign “Immediate” From the new boss of the American company of semiconductors and Intel processors, one day after a republican senator raised concerns about links with Chinese companies, a danger, according to him, for national security.
“The Director General of Intel faces a serious conflict of interest and must resign immediately. There is no other solution to this problem ”castigated the American president on his social social platform, while Lip-Bu Tan took the head of Intel in mid-March.
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The Senator of Arkansas (Center) Tom Cotton sent a letter to the group’s president on Wednesday, Frank Yeary, to express his “worry” concerning possible links between Lip-Bu Tan, which took office last March, and companies that “Have links with the Chinese Communist Party and the People’s Liberation Army.” “Lip-Bu Tan would control dozens of Chinese companies and hold shares in Chinese semiconductor and advanced industry companies”accused Tom Cotton in his letter, “At least eight of these companies would have links with the Chinese army”. The American senator also pointed out that the former company of the Patron of Intel, Cadence Design Systems, had “Patus guilty for having sold illegally” products “At the Chinese army University and have transferred its technology to a Chinese company without having obtained a license.”
American born in Malaysia, Lip-Bu Tan, 65, began his career in nuclear power before launching his own investment fund, specializing in digital, particularly in Asia. He took the lead of the specialist in microprocessors and semiconductors last March, while the company, formerly a leader in the field, failed to take the turn of artificial intelligence (AI) in time, now accusing a delay on its competitors such as Nvidia. Intel finished 2024 with better than expected results, but prospects deemed too low by the market.