intel_signAs mobile processors become more powerful, we guess it’s not that much of a stretch to think that one day our laptops or desktops might even be powered by them. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo seems to think so in a report from last week in which he suggested that Apple could be turning to their A-series of chipsets to power future Mac computers.

This also means that Apple would essentially be ditching Intel in the process. Assuming this is true, Intel could lose a huge chunk of business from Apple, but is this cause for concern? You would think so, but Intel’s CEO doesn’t. Speaking in an interview during CNBC’s Squawk Box, Intel’s CEO Brian Krzanich did not seem particularly worried about that possibility.

Interestingly enough Krzanich did not deny the possibility that one day ARM-based processors could power computers, nor did he seem to try to sell us the idea that Intel’s chipsets would be better or more powerful. Instead he was quoted as saying, “Apple is always going to choose the supplier who can provide them the most amount of capability in innovation for them to build on, for them to innovate. They’re a company based on innovation.”

This also doesn’t mean that Intel will be taking this lying down as Krzanich adds, “Our job is to continue to deliver parts that have that capability give them that, that are better than our competitors. And then they want to use our parts. So I wake up every morning making sure that across the board, whether it’s Apple or Lenovo or Dell or any of our customers — we have to provide the most competitive part: performance, price, reliability, all of those.”

But what do you guys think? Should Intel be worried that Apple could one day go with their own processors over theirs?

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