Chip designers Nvidia and Broadcom are running manufacturing tests with Intel, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, demonstrating early confidence in the struggling company's advanced production techniques.

Chip designers Nvidia and Broadcom are carrying out manufacturing tests with Intel, according to sources cited by Reuters.

Intel was gaining early Monday on the prospect its chip-manufacturing business could gain major customers in Nvidia and Broadcom. Chip designers Nvidia and Broadcom are both running tests on Intel’s 18A manufacturing process,

Intel shares powered higher in early Monday trading following reports that both Nvidia and Broadcom are looking to test the chipmaker's advanced AI production techniques in what could be an early and important endorsement of its nascent turnaround plans.