Intel Corp. Now Has an Apple Inc. Problem

Over the years, there has been a lot of talk and speculation that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) would transition its Mac line of personal computers away from Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) processors and toward internally designed processors.

The truth is that Apple has made substantial progress in building very low-power, high-performance processors for its iPad and iPhone lineup. Intel's highest-performance desktop and laptop processors still perform better than what Apple has been able to endow its latest iPads and iPhones with, but those chips consume substantially more power.

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