AsianFin -- Intel’s (INTC) new chief executive is weighing a significant shift in the company’s contract chipmaking strategy as part of an effort to attract major clients, according to two people familiar with the matter. The potential move could mark a costly departure from the direction set by his predecessor.

Under the proposed plan, Intel’s foundry unit would stop marketing certain proprietary chipmaking technologies to external customers—technologies the company has spent years developing, the sources said.