Intel's had, it wasn't the biggest surprise when there started to be talk of the company selling off its manufacturing division or even the whole shebang. It was, however, a little surprising when there were reports that TSMC was proposing joining with Nvidia,

TSMC reportedly approached Nvidia about a joint venture to acquire Intel's foundry business. Jensen Huang denied being part of a consortium attempting to break up

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismissed speculation about the company's role in a TSMC-led consortium to acquire Intel's foundry business. He stated that Nvidia had not been invited to participate and was unaware of any details,

Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, stated that his company had not been approached to participate in a group effort to acquire a stake in a company that would operate Intel's foundry unit. He dismissed claims that Nvidia was working with industry peers and TSMC on such a deal at a press conference at GTC,

The Taiwanese chipmaker would oversee Intel's foundry division, while holding no more than a 50% ownership stake.