Samsung Surges After Intel Is Said to Consider Chip Outsourcing
- The two Asian chipmakers mark record highs on the news
- The U.S. company still hopes to overhaul its own production
Samsung Electronics Co. rose the most in almost 10 months after Intel Corp. was said to be considering asking the South Korean giant and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to make some of its most sophisticated chips, a major departure for the Silicon Valley pioneer.
After successive delays in its chip fabrication processes, Santa Clara, California-based Intel has yet to make a final decision less than two weeks ahead of a scheduled announcement of its plans, according to people familiar with the deliberations. 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.