Intel (INTC) rises 19.9% ​​after Tesla and SpaceX join Musk’s TerraFab AI chip initiative

• Intel Corp. recently announced that it will join Elon Musk’s Terafab initiative with Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI to help refactor chip factory technology for ultra-high performance AI, robotics, and space computing semiconductors, ultimately aiming for 1 terawatt of annual computing power.
• This unexpected partnership gives Intel a high-profile external customer with its advanced process and packaging capabilities, aims to rebuild credibility in its foundry business, and strengthens its U.S.-based role in AI chip manufacturing.
• Here we examine how this Terafab partnership, which propels Intel into a core supplier to Musk’s AI ambitions, could reshape Intel’s investment story.

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Intel Investment Story Summary

To own Intel today, you must believe that its manufacturing turnaround and AI push will ultimately lead to sustainable returns, despite current losses and execution risks. The deal with Terafab may strengthen Intel’s short-term catalyst to rebuild trust in its foundries by adding a visible external customer, but it does not eliminate the biggest risks regarding large investments, continued foundry losses, and Intel’s ability to deliver advanced nodes and packaging on time and at scale.

Terafab’s announcement comes in tandem with Intel’s $14.2 billion buyback of a 49 percent stake in 34 Irish fabs that are central to the production of AI servers and AI PCs. Taken together, these moves mean Intel is increasing its control over cutting-edge production capacity while courting outside foundry and packaging customers, including talks with Google and Amazon. For investors focused on catalysts, this combination highlights both the opportunity for AI manufacturing and the financial burden of funding it.

However, despite such optimism, investors should still pay close attention to Intel’s significant capital needs and the risks that the foundry’s losses could widen if…

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The Intel story projects sales of $61.8 billion and revenue of $4 billion by 2029.

We reveal how Intel’s projections resulted in a fair value of $47.11, which is 11% lower than the current price.

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More bullish analysts had already assumed that Intel could drive sales to around US$62.1 billion and earn around US$8.7 billion by 2028, so this is a much more optimistic story compared to the consensus, which is focused on cost reductions and execution risk, and that the Terafab and advanced packaging deal could either shore up or challenge as the numbers start to emerge.

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