Intel Could Sell Another Major Business in Turnaround Bid
For years, semiconductor giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has been exiting lines of business that don't fit with its overall strategy. Under former CEO Pat Gelsinger, Intel sold off its NAND and SSD operations, wound down its Optane memory unit, spun off Mobileye via an initial public offering (IPO), exited the prebuilt server business, gave up on Bitcoin mining chips, and sold a minority stake in its IMS Nanofabrication business.New Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan will likely continue this trend as he refocuses the company on what it does best: namely, PC central processing units (CPUs), data center CPUs, and manufacturing. Intel sold a majority stake in field programmable gate array (FPGA) specialist Altera in April, and the company is now reportedly eying its network and edge businesses. Reuters reported on Tuesday that Intel was considering selling off these businesses, which were formerly reported under the NEX segment but consolidated with other segments starting in the first quarter of this year.While divesting the former NEX segment could be trickier than some of Intel's other exits, it would free Intel from yet another distraction as it refocuses on its core businesses.Continue reading
For years, semiconductor giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has been exiting lines of business that don't fit with its overall strategy. Under former CEO Pat Gelsinger, Intel sold off its NAND and SSD operations, wound down its Optane memory unit, spun off Mobileye via an initial public offering (IPO), exited the prebuilt server business, gave up on Bitcoin mining chips, and sold a minority stake in its IMS Nanofabrication business.
New Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan will likely continue this trend as he refocuses the company on what it does best: namely, PC central processing units (CPUs), data center CPUs, and manufacturing. Intel sold a majority stake in field programmable gate array (FPGA) specialist Altera in April, and the company is now reportedly eying its network and edge businesses. Reuters reported on Tuesday that Intel was considering selling off these businesses, which were formerly reported under the NEX segment but consolidated with other segments starting in the first quarter of this year.
While divesting the former NEX segment could be trickier than some of Intel's other exits, it would free Intel from yet another distraction as it refocuses on its core businesses.
