Another day, another rumour of an aborted Intel buyout. Earlier this week it was Qualcomm that was said to be sniffing around the injured, wheezing chip maker.
Today, it's none other than Arm, in some ways Intel's biggest competitor. Business outlet Bloomberg reckons that Arm knocked on Intel's door offering to buy the product half of the company.
In other words, the bit of the company that designs the chips and not the foundry or manufacturing facilities. Apparently, Intel told Arm to jog on.
The company isn't for sale. Now, it's impossible to say if this actually happened. But it's not hard to understand why stories like this are emerging.
No question, Intel is in trouble. It's losing money hand over fist. Its foundry arm has been struggling for well over a decade.