Stefan Mileschin

Please make our chips

Intel has talked with TSMC and Samsung about the Asian companies making some of its best chips, but the Silicon Valley pioneer is still holding out hope for last minute improvements in its own production capabilities.

According to Bloomberg, after successive delays in its chip fabrication processes, Chipzilla has make a final decision on the outsourcing plan less than two weeks ahead of a scheduled announcement.

Any components that Intel might source from Taiwan wouldn't come to market until 2023 at the earliest and would be based on established manufacturing processes already in use by other TSMC customers, said the people, asking not to be identified because the plans are private.

Talks with Samsung, whose foundry capabilities trail TSMC's, are at a more preliminary stage, the people said.

Intel CEO Bob Swan has promised investors he'll set out his plans for outsourcing and get Intel's production technology back on track when the company reports earnings on January 21.

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