Qualcomm has reportedly been eyeing up an acquisition of Intel's chip design business

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in order to withstand the storm it currently finds itself within. Amid reports that an action plan is imminent, it appears that Qualcomm may be moving around in its periphery, eyeing up potential acquisitions—including Intel's chip design business.have said that Intel's client PC design business is"of significant interest" to Qualcomm's executives, but that it's also looking at all of the company's design units .

Regardless, the sources say that Qualcomm has been working on plans to buy pieces of Intel for months—although its interests and plans have not been finalised, and are subject to change. Chip design, though? Well, that'd be quite the thing for a chip maker to lose. Given the dire straits Intel finds itself in though, I suppose anything is possible, and its no surprise that competitors like Qualcomm have been sniffing around to see whether Intel might be prepared to sell off some of its more valuable assets.

 

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