Intel reportedly approached Apple, TSMC for investment before Nvidia deal

• Intel has already secured $5 billion from Nvidia and $8.9 billion from Trump
• TSMC and Apple have also been targeted for investments
• Tim Cook would “love to see Intel come back”

Intel had apparently approached Apple and TSMC for an investment before it struck its recent mega deal with Nvidia, The Wall Street Journal has reported, making for a pretty interesting bid.

Intel, which recently secured a deal with the US government in return for a stake in the company, both relies on and competes with Taiwan’s TSMC, with many of its CPUs, GPUs and networking chips actually outsourced to TSMC.

However, with the foundry business failing to secure any major customers, the company has faced struggles in recent years.