Intel is reporting a a smaller growth in shipment from before. The main reason?:
Intel’s processors are used in 80 percent of the world’s PCs, but mobile devices from Apple Inc’s iPad to Google Inc Android smartphones are eating into laptop sales and Intel is struggling to gain a foothold in the fast-expanding mobile market.
Deals like what ARM is making with Microsoft need to occur for Intel’s business to evolve. It will not be very long before Apple moves to fully custom built chips (A8 in MacBook Airs).