Yahoo!Finance:

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is staying hopeful that the frayed relationship with former long-time partner Apple could be salvaged.

“We will pursue opportunities with Apple,” Gelsinger said on a conference call updating the company’s business plans Tuesday evening.

Intel is doubling down on chip fabrication, pouring $20B into two new chip plants in Arizona. Here’s a link to the press release with all their announcements.

In the conference call laying all these plans out, Gelsinger specifically brought up Apple. Just days after launching a campaign mocking the Mac, using Apple’s own former spokes-character (Here’s a link to those ads, in case you’ve not yet seen them).

Don’t get me wrong. I truly want Intel to succeed. Having a US-based chip fabricator would be good for the economy, and potentially help take the strain off Apple’s (and other company’s) supply chains. Those ads just seem poorly thought out. A bit of a bridge burner.