Bloomberg claims that the company is confident it will be able to use variations of the chips used by its tablets and smartphones to power its home computer line.
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Intel has supplied processors for Apple Macs since 2005, but sources claims that the Cupertino firm has ambitious plans for a common chip design across the board.
The reports cites the recent managerial shake-up at Apple, which saw Bob Mansfield become head of a new department dubbed 'Technologies', as evidence of this.
"Apple is a trendsetter, and once they did their own chip many others may pursue a similar path," said Gartner analyst Sergis Mushell.
"If mobility is more important than functionality, then we will have a completely different environment than we are dealing with today."
Apple's recently released fourth generation iPad runs off a speedy A6X processor, which is twice as powerful as the one found in previous models.
