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Intel was once the world's most valuable semiconductor company, but its steady decline in recent years has left it in a precarious position.
According to multiple reports, the company's market capitalization is now less than half of what it was three years ago, but it has recently received a takeover bid from Qualcomm, making it a potential acquisition target.
Intel has gone from being the world's most valuable semiconductor maker to being a takeover target, according to multiple reports. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters Photo)
According to The Wall Street JournalThe US paper, which first reported the bid, said a series of missteps by Intel had weakened the company's position, including its failure to predict how the rise of artificial intelligence would change the industry.
“The move to AI over the last couple of years has really been a killer for them,” CFRA Research analyst Angelo Gino told the outlet. “They didn't have the right capabilities.”
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Once a dominant force in chipmaking, Intel ceded manufacturing advantages to Taiwanese rival TSMC and has been unable to produce chips widely desired for the generative AI boom capitalized on by Nvidia and AMD.
Intel has tried to turn around its business by focusing on AI processors and building a chip-making business known as foundries, but it is facing headwinds on both fronts.
U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturers were expected to be the main beneficiaries of tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies allocated under the bipartisan bill. CHIPS and science law The policy was passed two years ago, but so far the company has not received any of the funds despite working to meet the government's requirements and instead of creating jobs as promised in the policy, it has cut its workforce by 15 percent.
Plant manager Hugh Green (right) looks on as President Biden (center) speaks with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger (left) during a tour of the Intel Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona, on March 20, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smiarowski/AFP via Getty Images)
And earlier this month, Reuters reported. Intel has been hit in contract manufacturing by a recent glitch in its cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing process, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
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Intel released a series of announcements stemming from a board meeting last week as part of a memo from CEO Pat Gelsinger, in which he and other executives laid out plans to cut operations and restructure the company.
| Ticker | safety | last | change | change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Trade Commission | Intel Corporation | 22.68 | +0.83 |
+3.82% |
The company plans to suspend construction of factories in Poland and Germany and reduce its real estate holdings. Intel also announced that it had signed a contract to make custom networking chips for Amazon's AWS.
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Meanwhile, Intel shares have fallen about 60% since the beginning of the year but rose 3.3% on Friday after The Wall Street Journal reported a possible takeover bid from Qualcomm.
Reuters contributed to this report.
