IPhones And IPads Getting To Intel Processors, Says Analyst

Although it remains to be confirmed, there are rumors about Apple and quite heavy make chips for the iPhone and iPads. According to Glen Yeung, an analyst at Citigroup, Intel can provide foundry services to Apple for A4 and A5 chips used in the iPhone or iPod touch, and IPAD. These chips are manufactured by Samsung.

Samsung chip based on models of ARM Holdings. If this rumor is true that Intel would begin to build the arm chip designed, but eventually the transition to Intel chips in the coming years. Yeung said, Apple may need to change the ARM core-based mobile devices, and tablets for Intel x86 Low Power in 2013.

Of course, this would be a big switch to Intel, its focus on its core profitable business making chips for servers and PCs. When people use the iPhone and iPads as much or more than one computer, Intel can continue to a future where PC sales are declining even more than it is today.

Business Insider said that Apple may be looking at a foundry relationship with Intel to drop its relationship with Samsung because of the increasing popularity of Samsung with its direct competitor to the iPhone: Android phone. Again, this is highly speculative, but we will tell you if something official comes out of these rumors.