Chipzilla's design and manufacturing limbs said to be on the table Venture capitalists are circling Intel amid talk that the beleaguered chip giant may be carved up between Broadcom and TSMC, with one taking the design biz and the other the manufacturing fabs.

Intel’s board has been in talks with potential buyers and the U.S. government, The Wall Street Journal said. Former CEO Gelsinger stepped down in December.

Not all that long ago, the prospect of chip giant Intel breaking up would have been unthinkable. But Intel’s foundry business has lost billions in recent years and Pat Gelsinger, the CEO who championed Intel’s beleaguered foundry,