Ngokwengxelo zokukhanya, imithombo emininzi yecandelo yathi i-Intel kwiincoko kunye nenkampani yaseMelika ye-analog chip iMaxLinear kunye nezicwangciso zokuthengisa iyunithi yayo ye-chip yokunxibelelanisa indlu kuMaxLinear.
Umshicileli wokuqala wale ndaba yayinguBloomberg. I-Bloomberg ithe i-Intel kunye neMaxLinear baxoxa ngokudibana kunye nokuthengwa kwezinto, kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, amacala omabini akafikanga kwisivumelwano. I-Intel isenokugcina ukwahlula.
Ukongeza, imithombo mveliso ithe i-Intel ikwacinga ukuba kungenzeka ukuthengisa ishishini kwezinye iinkampani, kubandakanya i-Qualcomm kunye neMediaTek.
Iyaqondwa into yokuba eli sebe lisetyenziswa yi-Intel ukuvelisa iichipsi kwiimodyuli ze-DOCSIS kunye namasango, kunye neetshipsi zeWiFi kunye neemveliso zekhaya ezi smart.
Ngapha koko, ngenxa yokuba i-Intel neMaxLinear igcina ubudlelwane bexesha elide bokusebenzisana kunye neemveliso zekhebula yemodem, i-chipel ye-Intel's DOCSIS kunye ne-chips zokuphelisa zangaphambili zeMaxine, ngenxa yoko iyavakala ukuba ithengisiwe yonke okanye inxalenye yeCandelo le-Intel's Home yoNxibelelwano lweChip ukuya kwiMaxLinear.
Kwangoko ngoNovemba ka-2019, kwaxelwa ukuba i-Intel ifuna abathengi bayo kwi-chip ekhaya, kwaye umphathi we-Intel uBob Swan uye wathi inkampani iza kulungelelanisa ezo zinto zingabinakho ukwenza ishishini. Ukufikelela kuloo nto, kunyaka ophelileyo, bathengisa ishishini labo kwi-Apple ngeedola ezi-1 zebhiliyoni. Ukongeza, kwishishini lokugcina elenza inkampani elahlekileyo, uBob Swan ukhuphe ulwazi ngokusebenza nabantu.
Iyaqondwa into yokuba iCandelo le-Intel's Home Ukunxibelelana kweeChips kuthengiswa konyaka malunga nezigidi ezingama-450 zeedola. UMaxlinear yinkampani yaseCalifornia esekwe kwi-semiconductor ebonelela ngomgca obanzi we-chips kunye ne-chip zenethiwekhi. Ixabiso lerhwebo lenkampani lixabisa malunga neebhiliyoni ezingama-1,3 zeedola.