Bloomberg News reportedUS private equity firm Silver Lake may target acquisitionsAltera, Intel's FPGA programmable chip business unitNegotiate.
However, the report states that the specific transaction details have not yet been confirmed, and Silver Lake is still studying the relevant details. However, Intel and Silver Lake have not responded to the relevant reports, and there have been many news recently.More referred toIntel may transfer its wafer production line to TSMC under the guidance of the US government, or have Broadcom acquire its chip design and marketing business.
Last year, Intel confirmed it would sell a portion of its stake in Altera to reduce current costs as part of its business restructuring. Subsequently, Intel attracted interest from companies such as Lattice Semiconductor, a designer and manufacturer of low-power field-programmable gate arrays. However, the offer was likely significantly lower than the $2015 billion Intel paid for Altera in 167, leading to no further news regarding the transfer of Altera shares.
The market is currently watching whether Intel may be forced to split its business due to the current situation, and Intel's Chief Engineering Project ManagerJoseph BonettiEarlier, he emphasized on his personal LinkedIn (Editor’s note:It now appears to have been shut down). With the development of 2nm process technology, Intel's 18A process will make faster progress than TSMC's N2 process and is expected to be officially used in laptop processors code-named "Panther Lake" this fall. It also called on the US government and Intel's board of directors to avoid transferring its wafer foundry business to TSMC or giving up control, otherwise it would affect the development of the chip industry in the United States and would also be detrimental to Intel.
