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Intel was one of the first two tech companies to join the Dow Jones Industrial Average during the late-'90s dot-com boom, along with Microsoft. Now, a slump in Intel's share price could cost the American chipmaker its place in the blue-chip index.

Intel’s chipmaking business may have run into a bit of a snag, as recent tests using the company’s next-gen manufacturing process have failed, according to Reuters. To carry out the tests, Intel reportedly sent Broadcom’s silicon wafers — or the components used as a semiconductor’s base — through its more efficient 18A manufacturing process.

Intel’s long-standing presence in the Dow Jones Industrial Average is at risk as its share price continues to decline. The American chipmaker, which became one of the first tech companies to join the Dow during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s,