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Time for Apple to dump the Intel slug for AMD’s powerhouse 7nm chips

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes for ZDNet:Intel has been stuck in a bit of a quagmire as of late. It’s 10-nanometer processors have experienced delays, while the CEO admits that it won’t have 7-nanometer parts to compete with AMD out until 2021.
I wonder how Apple – one of Intel’s flagship customers – feels about this.
Not only does AMD have 7-nanometer chips out there, but they’re performance powerhouses. And on top of that, the small architecture makes them power-eff
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