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An Intel Break-Up Could Follow Its CEO Shake-Up, Bank of America Says [Video]

Intel (INTC) could break up its operations after CEO Pat Gelsinger’s sudden retirement was announced Monday, according to Bank of America analysts.

The analysts wrote Monday that Intel’s internal manufacturing business and the foundry business that makes chips for other companies are now more likely to be separated, as the outgoing CEO was a proponent of keeping them together.

Such a shake-up would still face a number of hurdles, like the strings attached to the nearly $8 billion in federal CHIPS Act funding announced last week. The BofA analysts said that the funding agreement dictates that Intel needs to retain at least a 35% stake in its foundry business.

“Both businesses are undergoing their own strategic, structural, financial, and competitive issues, with no near term solution in sight,” the analysts wrote, maintaining their “underperform” rating and $21 price target on the shares. Intel’s stock finished Monday slightly lower.

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