** Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm slide 1.3% in US premarket, Intel up 0.1% amid broad chipmakers slide
** QCOM has explored the possibility of acquiring portions of Intel's chip design business, Reuters reported late Thurs
** QCOM is interested in Intel's PC business, a source says
** Chip stocks broadly lower after Broadcom's Q4 revenue forecast miss
** Broadcom down over 9% premarket, Nvidia down nearly 2% and Micron down 1.5%
** Up to last close, QCOM down ~13% YTD vs Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index's ~14% jump
(Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru)
((Jaspreet.Singh@thomsonreuters.com ; ))
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