Subj : Intel reportedly approached Apple, TSMC for investment before Nvi
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Sep 26 2025 10:45:09

Intel reportedly approached Apple, TSMC for investment before Nvidia deal

Date:
Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:19:18 +0000

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Intel also reportedly approached TSMC and Apple for investment.

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has already secured $5 billion from Nvidia and $8.9 billion from Trump TSMC 
and Apple have also been targeted for investments Tim Cook would love to see 
Intel come back 

Intel had apparently approached Apple and TSMC for an investment before it 
struck its recent mega deal with Nvidia, The Wall Street Journal has 
reported, making for a pretty interesting bid. 

Intel, which recently secured a deal with the US government in return for a 
stake in the company , both relies on and competes with Taiwans TSMC, with 
many of its CPUs, GPUs and networking chips actually outsourced to TSMC. 

However, with the foundry business failing to secure any major customers, the 
company has faced struggles in recent years. Intel sought bids from rival 
companies 

TSMC wasnt the only company Intel had approached  Bloomberg noted the 
chipmaker has also engaged in conversations with Apple, which used to use 
Intel chips in Macs between 2005 and 2020 before shifting to Arm-based 
proprietary SoCs. 

Apple CEO Tim Cook has already publicly noted: Wed love to see Intel come 
back. 

In the end, Intel secured a $5 billion investment from Nvidia  more than half 
of the $8.9 billion US Government investment into the chipmaker  in a 
previously unsuspected move. 

Intel previously had the market covered, leaving Nvidia to focus on gaming 
applications, but in mid-2020 Nvidias market cap passed Intels at the $250 
billion mark. Today, Nvidia is worth $4.32 trillion, and Intel has dropped to 
just $158.7 billion. 

Analysts now see further investments as critical for Intels success going 
forward. If the company scores a deal with the likes of Apple, it would mark 
growing confidence in Intels turnaround efforts under the new leadership of 
CEO Lip-Bu Tan, but failure to collect further signatures could damage the 
companys growing momentum. 

Only time will tell if Intel can turn itself around, but one things for 
certain. With two consecutive quarters of zero growth after a period of 
decline, the company is in need of drastic action. You might also like Weve 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/intel-reportedly-approached-apple-tsmc-for-inves
tment-before-nvidia-deal


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