TSMC contradicts Intel rumours
Renewed rumours about a partnership with TSMC caused Intel's share price to rise. TSMC denies this once again.
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The world's largest chip contract manufacturer, TSMC, is still not planning a partnership with Intel. TSMC has once again made this clear to Taiwanese media such as the Taipei Times. The Wall Street Journal had previously reported that Intel had approached TSMC about possible investments.
According to TSMC, it has never held talks with any other company about investments or the establishment of a joint subsidiary (joint venture) – apart from the existing joint ventures in Japan (JASM) and Germany (ESMC). There are also said to have been no talks about the granting of licenses or the transfer of technologies.
Denials pile up
Rumours and speculation about TSMC joining Intel are persistent. At the beginning of the year, reports appeared that the US government would have liked various cooperation models. The speculation went so far as to suggest that TSMC could have taken over the operation of Intel's semiconductor plants for chip production. Rumours of a joint venture followed in April. TSMC always denied this.
The starting point is Intel's poor economic situation. The semiconductor plants in particular are currently making losses in the billions every quarter. Intel is currently looking for major investors to give it more time to get back into the green. Initially, the 18A production generation was supposed to attract new chip customers, but Intel is now putting off the successor 14A until 2027.
The US government has acquired a 9.9 percent stake in Intel. In addition to previous subsidies, it has paid 5.7 billion US dollars for this. The Japanese investor Softbank has invested two billion dollars. In addition, one billion will come from the partial sale of the automotive division Mobileye, followed by a further 4.5 billion from the upcoming partial sale of the FPGA designer Altera.
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Meanwhile, Intel's shares are benefiting significantly from investment rumors. In particular, reports of an Apple investment recently sent the share price soaring. Since TSMC's statement, the share price has fallen moderately by around two percent.
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