Donald Trump has called for the boss of US microchip giant Intel to resign over questions about his links to Chinese military suppliers.

The US president said Lip-Bu Tan should quit “immediately” after a US senator raised concerns about the executive, whose former employer has pleaded guilty to selling software to a Chinese military university.

“The CEO of Intel is highly conflicted and must resign, immediately,” Mr Trump wrote on his Truth Social site. “There is no other solution to this problem. Thank you for your attention to this problem!”

Intel shares fell by 4.5pc in pre-market trading in the US.

Mr Tan, who was born in Malaysia, joined Intel earlier in March. He had worked at Cadence, a Silicon Valley microchip software company, from 2009 until 2023.

Last week, Cadence plead

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