(Image credit: Shutterstock) Following the release of its latest earnings report, which revealed an unexpected uptick in profit margins, Intel has reportedly confirmed that the lift at least partially stemmed from selling would-be scrap chips for a profit. In an X post on April 24 (below), tech industry analyst Ben Bajarin said he had received clarity directly from Intel’s Investor relations team that customers are sweeping up "what may have been scrap or low-expectation output" CPUs, bringing in tangible revenue for the company. Got some clarity from Intel IR on additional lift to margins. Intel got an unexpected margin lift from better yield salvage. Chips that would normally have been lower-value edge-die on the wafer were binned down and still sold into usable SKUs, turning what may have been scrap… April 24, 2026 When chipmakers manufacture wafers, not all the chips that come off them are equal.…