The Biden administration has finalized up to $7.86B in direct funding for Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) as part of the CHIPS and Science Act. That’s down from $8.5B funding initially proposed in March. The final total award is less than the proposed preliminary award due to a congressional requirement to use CHIPS funding to pay for the Secure Enclave

The U.S. government plans to reduce Intel Corp's preliminary $8.5 billion federal chips grant to less than $8 billion, the New York Times reported on Sunday citing unnamed sources. The change took into account a $3 billion contract Intel had been offered to make chips for the Pentagon,

The Biden administration is expected to trim the original $8.5 billion in grant funding to Intel from the CHIPS and Science Act, according to multiple reports.