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Were Apple to switch to its own CPUs, several things would happen, all of which would affect Intel: This would already be a reason for Intel to worry.

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Still if Apple were to switch, Intel would see an immediate loss of a large customer, now representing nearly 8% of the entire PC market (and 15% of the U.S.

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And in the plus department you'd find many reasons, cost and thus product margins being the main one. This is even more relevant because the A9X isn't yet a part that's optimized for the laptop/desktop environment, which would still lend it further performance.Īnyway, the main stumbling block for Apple would be this: performance. In this regard, it's significant that Apple is already claiming the ability of its A9X Apple SoC to compare favorably with some of Intel's mobile CPUs. However, all of this is held back by the fact that such a switch would need to at least match the performance of the present Intel CPUs.

And losing backwards compatibility, which Apple could easily remove in its own software, but which would still be present for third-party applications.

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Losing the ability to run Windows on the same machines, which might still ease the transition for some Windows users.

Building its own SoCs allows Apple to keep an advantage over competitors which these (except possibly for Samsung ( OTCPK:SSNLF)) haven't been able to close yet.

Controlling a chief differentiator in its hardware, as it now does within the mobile space.

Needing to maintain technical ability in a single platform, thus possibly requiring lower costs for the same productivity.

So the incentive exists and is large.įurthermore, shifting all its lines (mobile, laptops, desktops) to ARM Holdings' ( ARMH) ARM architecture would present a couple of other significant advantages, including: 70-80% savings on the CPU front wouldn't be impossible if Apple could make the change. While the typical Intel laptop CPU can cost hundreds of dollars, the typical house-sourced, foundry-produced, ARM-licensed SoC will cost around a couple of dozen dollars. Buying CPUs from Intel is wildly more expensive than using its own CPUs/SoCs.

Indeed, it should be very worried about the chance of it ever happening. Intel should be worried if this - Apple switching some Macs to its own CPUs - ever happens.

Alpha Max also argues that it wouldn't be much trouble because Intel could get a chance to go inside Apple's 2016 iPhones and next-generation iPads. What prompted me to write this was Alpha Max's article, Intel Shouldn't Worry If Apple Excludes It From Future Macs, where he argues that even if Apple ( AAPL) decides to switch some of its Macs to its own CPUs, that wouldn't be much trouble for Intel ( NASDAQ: INTC).