Microsoft Could Dump Intel for AMD in Its Next Surface Laptop

Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) ongoing chip shortage has frustrated many PC makers and been a boon to its chief rival AMD (NASDAQ: AMD). The latest company to join the Intel exodus could be Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), according to German website WinFuture.

WinFuture claims that upon reviewing "a series of corresponding entries in non-public databases of European retailers," it was now "confident" that the upcoming 15" Surface Laptop 3 would run on AMD's CPUs instead of Intel's. This would mark the first time an AMD chip powered a Surface device and could pave the way for future design wins for the chipmaker.

Let's take a look at what this rumored deal might mean for both companies.

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Source Fool.com