That's the bad news for Intel stock. The good news is that the U.S. is locked in a with its adversaries. Now more than ever, we need our big tech firms to innovate. Part of the enthusiasm over the Agilex FPGAs is our collective progress in the space. Additionally, Intel has significantly narrowed the production and distribution gap with rival Xilinx (NASDAQ:), which leads the sector. Naturally, this benefits INTC stock longer term.