Intel’s chip move threatens ARM dominance

Intel said last week it would consider making chips for rivals, a move that might help it gain bigger access to the mobile device realm and pose a threat to ARM’s current dominance in the tablet and smartphones sector.

“It’s important that Intel makes a change in their business model.

“Intel has never done this before, so we have to take it very seriously,” ARM’s marketing executive vice-president, Ian Drew, said in an interview ahead of the Computex computer show, in Taipei.

Intel views its massive lead in manufacturing know-how as a key asset, and opening its factories to competitors would be a major shift for the industry.

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