Intel is reportedly mulling over the possibility of selling its chipmaking business either to TSMC or Broadcom, or both. According to the WSJ, TSMC is interested in the blue chipmaker’s factories, while Broadcom is eyeing its chip design business.
Intel’s interim executive chairman, Frank Yeary, has been leading the discussions with possible suitors and Trump administration officials, who are concerned about the fate of a company seen as critical to national security, the report said.
TSMC’s potential acquisition of a part of it’s business, it’s easy to see why the current Trump administration would want to try and turn the ailing chipmaker’s fortunes. Not only is it a US and homegrown company, Intel was set to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the US CHIPS Act, set up by the previous Biden administration. Sadly, the company did not get the chance to do
Intel’s fortunes have been in a slump for some years now. Speaking in broad strokes, the chipmaker’s market value has been in freefall and its response has varied from terminating the employment of former CEO, Pat Gelsinger, and laying off thousands of staff members as part of a cost-cutting exercise. That, along with the degradation of 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors, is what the brand says has resolved.
That being said, it hasn’t been all doom and gloom for Intel. Despite the lacklustre sale and reception of its desktop Arrow Lake-H CPU lineup, it is arguably impressive that it managed to tone down the power consumption while maintaining
