By Giuseppe Fonte and Giulio Piovaccari ROME (Reuters) – Italy is ready to fund as much as 40% of Intel’s total investment to build a chip packaging and assembly plant in the country, worth an initial $5 billion but which is expected to rise over time, two sources familiar with the matter said. The plan by Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s government shows the willingness of some European member states to offer competitive terms to woo Intel and other chipmakers to invest in a region where labour and production costs are higher than in Asia. Draghi’s office and the innovation ministry both decline…