A US government plan to take a stake in Intel Corp. would give the ailing chipmaker a powerful backer, even if a bigger challenge still lies ahead: finding enough paying customers.Wall Street analysts don’t expect the money alone to turn around Intel’s business,

Federal officials are considering the move because Intel, the last leading-edge chipmaker in the United States, has been struggling.

The Trump administration is in talks to take a 10% stake in Intel by converting some or all of the struggling company's Chips Act grants into equity, Bloomberg News reported, citing a White House official and other people familiar with the matter.