April 24 : Demand for Intel's central processors from firms offering AI services was so strong in the first quarter that it sold even chips it had originally written off, a remarkable turnaround that sent the company's shares soaring on Friday. The stock was 28 per cent higher at $85 in premarket trading, on course to open at a record high that would surpass its 2000's dot-com era peak and add more than $90 billion to the company's market value, lifting it above $420 billion. Rival AMD and Arm