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CLAIM #32261 · Intel Corporation (INTC) · 2025Q4 earnings call · Jan 22, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026

So we are ramping up tool spending quite a bit in '26 relative to '25 to address this supply shortfall as well.

David Zinsner · CFO

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Look at: Capital expenditures allocated to tooling (equipment), fiscal year 2026 vs fiscal year 2025

It came true if: FY2026 tool-related capex higher than FY2025 tool-related capex (as disclosed or discernible from capex breakdown/commentary)

Where: Company capex disclosures (10-K, capex breakdown, or management commentary on earnings calls)

In context

side of things so that you could address structurally higher demand going forward with more internal supply? David Zinsner: Thanks, Ross, for the question. So on the short-term supply, certainly, improving yields and throughput are a great driver of supply increases. In fact, it's got a great ROI to it because it doesn't require any incremental capital. So that's what Lip-Bu and I are actively working on to improve and we're reasonably confident that there's a good trajectory there. That said, when you look at CapEx, it's a little bit more nuanced than just it's going to be flat to slightly down. It's actually down significantly in space. So we're spending a lot less in space. We think we have a good footprint in terms of cleanroom. And what we're devoting more of our dollars to is tool. So we are ramping up tool spending quite a bit in '26 relative to '25 to address this supply shortfall as well. And in fact, every quarter, we're seeing kind of wafer start increases pretty much across the board across Intel 7, Intel 3 and 18A. So all 3 of them every quarter improve and get better to address the supply. Like I said, we think we -- things will certainly improve in 2Q but we won't be completely out of the woods here. But as we progress through the year, we think things will get better and better. Do you want me to take the 14A thing or? Yes. On 14A, Lip-Bu has been very direct with us on all of this. He does not want to spend on capacity on 14A, only spend on the kind of TD spend or R&D spend associated with 14A even in the fab until we have customers secured. We've talked about, the likelihood is, our customers on 14A their window to secure or for us to secure them will be in the ba

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SEC filings for INTC · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q4 earnings call.