Intel results to spotlight new CEO strategy

New CEO Lip-Bu Tan's job is complicated by an escalating US-China trade war

Routing production through Intel's factories outside the US, like its fabrication facility in Ireland, could also help relieve some pressure from tariffs, analysts say.

Intel's quarterly results will offer the clearest look yet at new CEO Lip-Bu Tan's turnaround strategy for the embattled chipmaker, and investors are hoping for early signs that he is reversing years of strategic lapses.

The company is set to post its fourth consecutive quarterly revenue drop on Thursday.