Dell Inc. is in talks with Silver Lake Partners and TPG Capital, L.P. on the deal and could team on an offer, according to people with knowledge of the conversations. Sources also added that it private-equity investors, such as pension funds, could invest alongside them. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

is involved in the transaction process, the people said. Several banks are in discussions about providing finance for the transaction, they added. The talks between Dell and private-equity firms have been going on for the past two to three months, the people said.

One of these people described the talks as serious and said that they heated up late 2012 and that any possible transaction can likely to emerge within six weeks. A Dell spokesman declined to comment to Dow Jones.