Broadcom and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Firm (TSMC) are individually exploring offers to take over components of Intel, in response to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Broadcom is reportedly contemplating an acquisition of Intel’s chip-design and advertising and marketing enterprise, and would desire a associate for the corporate’s manufacturing enterprise, whereas TSMC is reportedly controlling some or all of Intel’s chip vegetation, doubtlessly as a part of an investor consortium.

All discussions have been preliminary, the Journal says, with nothing submitted to Intel. Apparently TSMC is exploring a deal on the encouragement of President Donald Trump’s administration, though a White Home official stated the administration was unlikely to assist an association that put a international entity in charge of Intel’s factories.

Intel’s struggling business appears to have made it an acquisition goal for chip-making rivals. The Journal reported in September that Qualcomm had approached Intel a few takeover.