Intel Could Make Chips for Future iPhone and iPad

[Nakal]

[citation][nom]fir_ser[/nom]Intel currently can’t compete with ARM, but it is possible in after few generations and die shrinks to bridge out the gap.[/citation]

ARM does not manufacture CPUs. They sell licences to designs. Intel could very well License an ARM design and fabricate it themselves.

 

[weaselsmasher]

There is nothing in the original EE Times article to suggest that Apple is moving away from its own ARM-based SOC designs. As far as this story is concerned, Intel is merely a life support system for a foundry. Apple gives them the design, Intel makes it, that's as far as it goes.

This isn't about x86 chips in Apple mobile products. Apple knows better.

 

[HavoCnMe]

So if Intel and Apple team up on this venture do you think we will see Intel employee's jumping/thrown from the factory roofs? JK

 

[fyasko]

it's a good time for apple... it uses both amd and intel products both of which have great looking upcoming releases in mobile computing

 

[eddieroolz]

If this is true then Apple's investment of buying a chip producer was wasted. I doubt Apple will do that.

 

[vaughn2k]

Nope, Apple will not buy from Intel...

 

[dimar]

Intel should buy Apple, and AMD should buy ARM.