Opinion: Could Broadcom buy Intel

Marees said:

Broadcom has no Interest in buying Intel: CEO says no one asked​

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By Anton Shilov
published 3 hours ago
Could be the largest acquisition ever in tech.


"[Broadcom has] not been asked [to take over Intel]," said Hock Tan, chief executive of Broadcom, in an interview with the Financial Times. "I can only make a deal if it is actionable. Actionability means someone comes and asks me. Ever since Qualcomm, I learned one thing: no hostile offers."

Back in 2018, Broadcom's $142 billion attempt to acquire rival chipmaker Qualcomm through a hostile takeover was stopped by then-President Donald Trump in a rare and extraordinary move.


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Reading between the lines:

"We are definitely interested. But Intel has to approach us first. We got burnt once already. So we are not making the first move"
 
Marees said:
Reading between the lines:

"We are definitely interested. But Intel has to approach us first. We got burnt once already. So we are not making the first move"
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Sony: Wait a minute. We own the patent on that.
 
Whoever ends up buying Intel, regulators in both the US and internationally are going to make them fight for it.
 
Armenius said:
Whoever ends up buying Intel, regulators in both the US and internationally are going to make them fight for it.
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The US military has too much invested in Intel Fabs to let just anyone buy it.

I would think that IBM or someone that already has ties with the DoE would suddenly find themselves with some incredibly favourable loan terms to purchase Intels assets.
 
Lakados said:
The US military has too much invested in Intel Fabs to let just anyone buy it.

I would think that IBM or someone that already has ties with the DoE would suddenly find themselves with some incredibly favourable loan terms to purchase Intels assets.
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Well, history could repeat itself. Back in 1982, Intel was struggling. IBM lent Intel $250M, because Intel was a key supplier for the IBM PC, namely the 8088 CPU. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/23/...-ibm-buys-stake-in-big-supplier-of-parts.html
 
DukenukemX said:
We've seen enough hypotheticals of who could buy Intel that we might as well say that Kellogg could buy them. This is getting ridiculous and way out of control.
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Or the company that makes Doritos. Corn chips, CPU chips, what's the difference?
 
philb2 said:
Or the company that makes Doritos. Corn chips, CPU chips, what's the difference?
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Exxon an oil company, ended up buying Zilog and that obviously ended well. If anyone buys Intel they will tear it apart and sell them piece by piece because Intel is worth more like that. Which still means that these ideas of x and y can buy Intel is because Intel is still very undervalued.
 
philb2 said:
Well, history could repeat itself. Back in 1982, Intel was struggling. IBM lent Intel $250M, because Intel was a key supplier for the IBM PC, namely the 8088 CPU. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/23/...-ibm-buys-stake-in-big-supplier-of-parts.html
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While that could happen, a megacorp previously valued at nearly $3 trillion USD isn't going to be simply bailed out without some serious strings being pulled.
If it weren't for Intel's geo-political importance, they would have already imploded.

At least they are going to prevent Gelsinger from getting his $200+ million golden parachute, of which he completely did not earn.
 
Lakados said:
The US military has too much invested in Intel Fabs to let just anyone buy it.

I would think that IBM or someone that already has ties with the DoE would suddenly find themselves with some incredibly favourable loan terms to purchase Intels assets.
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IBM would be a great pick to acquire Intel. Merge two formerly great tech companies that are becoming less and less relevant due to bad management into one massive tech company that will become less and less relevant due to bad management.
 
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