PCs set to employ tiny Macbook Air chipset
PC Advisor reports that two PC makers are planning to use the miniaturised Core 2 Duo chip that Intel custom-made for Apple’s MacBook Air sub-notebook.
Although there’s no indication of exactly who the two manufacturers might be, or indeed when the products might come to market, the news confirms that the nature of the relationship between Apple and Intel isn’t quite as cosy or exclusive as Apple CEO Steve Jobs has insinuated.
During his keynote at last month’s MacWorld conference, Jobs indicated that Intel originally made the 65nm chip at the request of Apple, and waxed lyrical about the nature of the partnership. However, as we have previously reported, Apple doesn’t actually own any exclusive rights over the new breed of miniaturised chips.
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