Is there a way that Intel can be saved? Former Intel chief executive Craig Barrett thinks so, and it isn’t the way the company’s former board members suggest.

Intel should have a number of its customers invest a total of $40 billion in the company to ensure a steady supply of chips, the company’s former chief executive wrote over the weekend.

Barrett’s comments come as current chief executive Lip-Bu Tan is scheduled to meet with President Trump on Monday at the White House, according to a report . However, the meeting doesn’t appear on Trump’s public calendar.

Intel faces numerous crises. On one hand, the company has already announced the layoffs of thousands of employees , dating back to last year. Although Intel solicited billions from the U.S. government as part of the CHIPS Act,

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