Intel was on the brink of downfall. A twist in the AI race could boost its revival

By Wayne Chang, CNN (CNN) — When Lip-Bu Tan took the helm of Intel in March 2025, the company was in desperate need of a turnaround. For years, the Silicon Valley-based semiconductor pioneer had been struggling to maintain its market-leading position as a chipmaker, having lost ground to Nvidia, AMD and Qualcomm. Meanwhile, Taiwan Semiconductor