Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has written to Intel seeking information about the company’s new CEO, raising questions about CEO Tan Lip-Bu’s investments in Chinese firms with links to the People’s Liberation Army, the military wing of the Chinese Communist Party.
The tech giant has recently received billions in federal funding, including from a U.S. national security program.
The Aug. 5 letter from Cotton, who chairs the Senate’s intelligence committee, was addressed to the chairman of Intel’s board, Frank D. Yeary.
It sounded the alarm over Tan’s past tenure as CEO of Cadence Design Systems, a firm that specializes in hardware and software for advanced microchips and other semiconductor products….
Sen. Cotton Questions Intel on New CEO’s China Ties
