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Intel used to only make the CPU in the PC platform. It joined the chipset game sometime in the late 80s or early 90s and eventually pushed everyone like VIA, S
by tenebrisalietum 7y ago
Intel used to only make the CPU in the PC platform. It joined the chipset game sometime in the late 80s or early 90s and eventually pushed everyone like VIA, SiS, OPTi out.
Just about all peripheral communications standards for consumers are open standards, like PCIe, USB, SPI, Ethernet, SATA, SAS, and even Thunderbolt now. The only problem I could think of would be the Intel-owned HDMI but it's nothing DisplayPort + a simple dongle can't sidestep.
I know Apple couldn't depend on Intel for it's basic GMA acceleration anymore but it could simply use what's in the iPhone for basic display acceleration.