The move’s financial impact on Intel would be muted, at least in the short term. Intel sells Apple about $3.4 billion in chips for Macs each year, according to C.J. Apple sells nearly 20 million Macs a year. But Intel has never done well selling chips for newer tech products like smartphones and tablets. Macs had long relied on a design, called PowerPC, that was a collaboration among Apple, Motorola and IBM.

Source: International New York Times June 19, 2020 16:41 UTC