PC and data centre units safe as networking group faces chop

Troubled Chipzilla is planning to offload its network and edge (NEX) division, sources as CEO Lip-Bu Tan sharpens the knife and gets ready to slice off anything that doesn’t fit his “back to basics” mantra.

Garage sale as Intel bleeds from old bets

Troubled Chipzilla is flogging 51 per cent of its Altera programmable chip arm to buyout outift Silver Lake for $4.46 billion, marking new Intel boss Lip-Bu Tan’s first big move since taking over in December.

Lip-Bu Tan's deep China ties

Silicon Valley investor Lip-Bu Tan, who was tapped to steer troubled Chipzilla out of its tailspin, holds financial stakes in hundreds of Chinese tech outfits, some with direct links to the People’s Liberation Army.