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,

President Donald Trump wants the U.S. government to own a piece of Intel, less than two weeks after demanding the Silicon Valley pioneer dump the CEO that was hired to turn around the slumping chipmaker.

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