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Broadcom and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are separately exploring deals to take over parts of Intel, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n Broadcom is reportedly considering an acquisition of Intel\u2019s chip-design and marketing business, and would want a partner for the company\u2019s manufacturing business, while TSMC is reportedly looking at controlling some or all of Intel\u2019s chip plants, potentially as part of an investor consortium.<\/p>\n All discussions have been preliminary, the Journal says, with nothing submitted to Intel. Apparently TSMC is exploring a deal at the encouragement of President Donald Trump\u2019s administration, although a White House official said the administration was unlikely to support an arrangement that put a foreign entity in control of Intel\u2019s factories.<\/p>\n Intel\u2019s struggling business<\/a> seems to have made it an acquisition target for chip-making rivals. The Journal reported in September that Qualcomm had approached Intel<\/a> about a takeover.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n