>Lip-Bu Tan has warned that he may pull investment from Intel's leading-edge 14A semiconductor process node unless "a meaningful external customer" can guarantee profits.

This immediately sounds "chicken and egg". Frankly it doesn't sound to me like a big customer is going to commit to capacity for a process that isn't even developed yet, by a company that has changed its development path multiple times over the next few years and is shedding parts as fast as possible to stave off insolvency...