It was a big hit and eventually ended a long-running partnership with Intel and Apple, but it doesn’t look like Intel will be left out of the competition forever.and Axios In an interview with Ina Fried, Pat Gelsinger shared his views on his relationship with Apple and sounded very hopeful that Apple could resume business together.
When asked if he had given up on the idea of Apple products running on Intel hardware, he dismissed the idea entirely. “I will never give up on the idea everything Gelsinger also briefly mentioned Intel’s “stumbling block” without going into detail, saying, “Apple decided they could build better chips than we did, so I did it.” All they have to do is create better chips than they could do on their own.”
But to win Apple back, Intel will have to outperform Apple in many areas by making the ecosystem “more open and vibrant” than what Apple offers. From the language Gelsinger uses, a large part of Intel’s angle is evident in his relationships with developers and familiarity with his Intel products on the market.
Whatever the short-term relationship between the two companies, Gelsinger acknowledges that this will be a long-term process. Don’t expect to see any announcements from Apple anytime soon regarding the use of Intel CPUs.
Undeterred, the question was whether Apple could take advantage of Intel’s CPU fab as a chip provider in the future. Intel currently makes chips for Qualcomm and Amazon, so this is not unusual. In the context of the current global chip shortage, having access to one of Intel’s upcoming US-based facilities under construction could be a strategic win for both parties.
