Intel floats possibility of licensing deals but would TSMC and Samsung be interested?


FILE PHOTO Computer chip maker Intels logo is shown on a gaming computer display during the opening day of E3 the annual video games expo revealing the latest in gaming software and hardware in Los Angeles California U.S. June 11 2019.  REUTERSMike BlakeFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Computer chip maker Intel's logo is shown on a gaming computer display during the opening day of E3, the annual video games expo revealing the latest in gaming software and hardware in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

(Reuters) - Intel Corp executives have raised the possibility of licensing chipmaking technology from outside firms, a move that could see it exchanging manufacturing secrets with rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) or Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.

Intel is one of the few remaining semiconductor firms that both designs and manufactures its own chips, but the business model has come into question in recent years as the company lost its manufacturing lead to the Taiwanese and Korean companies.

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