ARM has reportedly contacted Intel about a potential business deal, but Team Blue rejected the chip IP designer, stating they have no plans for a financial takeover.
Qualcomm Gets Followed By ARM For a Potential Business Deal With Intel, No Progress Made By Both Firms Yet Ever since Intel got into financial turmoil, news surrounding the firm's acquisition has taken a new high, with Qualcomm initially in the line and now ARM.
Such reports aren't unexpected at all, given that Intel is currently experiencing the worst financial period in the firm's history, so Team Blue was looking towards desperate measures, whether that included selling off certain elements of its business.
Bloomberg now reports that ARM approached Intel for a business deal, but it never went through due to the lack of interest from Intel. Related Story MSI To Feature Next-Gen NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 GPUs & Intel Arrow Lake CPUs In Its MEG Vision X AI Pre-Built PCThe report further states that ARM wasn't interested in Intel's manufacturing operations but focused on getting hands-on experience with the firm's product division, similar to what Qualcomm was after.
However, it looks like Intel might have put an acquisition deal off the list, given that potential buyers are now being rejected, which shows that the situation at Intel's camp may not be as bad as it may seem.