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“People familiar with situation say Intel is in advanced talks to acquire Infineon’s wireless chip unit, whose products include cellular baseband chips used by Apple and other cellphone makers,” Clark and Preuschat report. “These people add that the German company has also discussed the unit with other parties, including Samsung Electronics Co. and Broadcom Corp. Intel has seen confidential Infineon financial data and appears to be the front-runner, they add, though there is no certainty that a deal will be completed.”
Clark and Preuschat report, “Infineon’s management, in public statements, has said it doesn’t need to sell the unit, and some senior executives want to keep it, people familiar with the matter say. But the business has lower operating margins compared with the rest of its business, which includes chips for industrial and automotive sectors.”
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We’ll wait until Intel has it all figured out, then buy them.
Buy it, transfer IP to Apple and then sell it to Intel or whomever.
Buy it, transfer IP to Apple and then sell it to Intel or whomever.
Buy it, transfer IP to Apple and then sell it to Intel or whomever.
Buy it, transfer IP to Apple and then sell it to Intel or whomever.
Buy it, transfer IP to Apple and then sell it to Intel or whomever.
Buy it, transfer IP to Apple and then sell it to Intel or whomever.
Buy it, transfer IP to Apple and then sell it to Intel or whomever.
Swoop Apple, swoop!. Don’t let yourselves be dependent on Intel. Unless, of course, you have your own cellular chip thing coming…..
I can’t help but think that you don’t have to buy a whole company for a couple of billion dollars if you just want the ability to design some parts. Apple could just hire the people they want out of Infineon, Broadcom, or any other company that has the talent they want.
-jcr
Apple should buy Intel.
Wouldn’t THAT shake things up.
@Wingsy
Dude, Intel has a market cap of $114 billion. Apple isn’t THAT rich.
With Jobs’ visionary record of acquisitions, I don’t think he needs our suggestions.
@Macromancer
I’m not promoting the idea of Apple buying Intel, but it *is* possible. An essentially bankrupt Kmart bought Sears and created Sears Holdings, Inc. Apple has plenty of buying power in terms of stock and borrowing capacity in addition to tens of billions in fairly liquid assets. Apple could easily buy Intel if it were approved by federal regulators and it was willing to pay a big premium over their current market cap (say 30% to 40%). But it won’t happen.
Apple may make a bid for Infineon as a defensive move but there is no way they will attempt a takeover of Intel. The businesses of Intel and Apple are too different and it is in the best interests of the shareholders of both that Apple and Intel remain separate.