Just a few weeks after the chatter around Broadcom's possible buyout of Intel seemingly fizzled out, we again have renewed speculation as to this tantalizing possibility, albeit without knowing the identity of the acquirer.
To wit, SemiAccurate has just disclosed that it is now around 90 percent confident that the tip it received a while back regarding Intel's buyout is "real." The publication recently received confirmation from another "highly placed source," which apparently corroborated the contents of the earlier email.
This development comes as Qualcomm seemingly cooled off on its ambitions to acquire Intel. Those acquisition plans were reportedly complicated by the company's debt pile of $50 billion and potential antitrust concerns.
Of course, we do not yet know whether the entity alluded to within SemiAccurate's email is indeed Broadcom or an entirely different vector.
Meanwhile, Pat Gelsinger - the architect of Intel's foundry strategy - resigned back in December amid escalating tensions within the company's board which reportedly culminated in an ultimatum of sorts: either Gelsinger depart voluntarily or face getting fired. Of course, Intel's middling performance in the AI arena and continuing market share losses to AMD might have also influenced this outcome.
Coming back, SemiAccurate believes that Intel's mystery buyer has the resources to acquire the whole of Intel at its current valuation, which stood at ~$90 billion at the time of publication.
Investors appear to be reacting positively to this tidbit, with Intel shares currently up nearly 10 percent. Over the past 6 months, however, the stock is down around 40 percent.
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