Apple Considering Moving Macs Away From Intel Chips
Chips from chief rival AMD supposedly the option Apple may switch to.
Apple has supposedly "deliberated" moving its series of Mac systems away from Intel processors.
However, the move apparently isn't "imminent." The details stem from a profile of Apple's CEO Tim Cook by Businessweek that cite two unnamed sources who are familiar with Apple's internal discussions.
Apple's interest of seeking new chips for its Mac lineup isn't the first time the firm has reportedly expressed it wants a new provider. Back in 2010, AppleInsider had heard that the firm held discussions with AMD, Intel's main competitor, about utilizing their chips instead for future Macs.
"Such a shift would be difficult and isn't imminent, though it would allow Apple to further distinguish its laptops and desktops from competitors that run Intel's chips and Microsoft's Windows software," said authors Brad Stone, Adam Satariano and Peter Burrows.
Although Intel powers Apple's Mac systems, the chipmaker is absent from iOS devices such as the iPhone and iPad.

The next years iPhone is going to amazing! /sarcasm.
And this starts the downward spiral of Apple!
Good luck with that.
I doubt they would move their entire line to AMD, but there could be some interesting applications for AMD APUs, particularly if they build in some OS specific capabilities that really harness the power of the GPUs.
a lot of R&D goes into designing CPUs, even Apple's "own" A6 CPUs in the iPhones are just modified Cortex A9.
It's more likely they'll just get a Trinity APU and rename it Apple A10, rather than actually redesigning a x86 CPU.........they can't legally do it anyways, since they don't own the license and Intel is unlikely to license it so Apple can abandon them
You don't understand apple very well. They will use AMD and then charge more for being new and innovative. Bigger profit margins and then you will here the itards explain how much better AMD cpus are than Intels. It's a brilliant move. They will really stick it to the wintel owners now!
Apple, like it or not, has very good hardware and software for video and sound, which actually is easy to accelerate with GPU muscle. Besides, Apple has always loved eye candy on their desktop, so going with AMD might help in that regard a lot.
AMD would just have to step up their driver's game, but other than that, sounds like a pretty good deal for both.
Cheers!
Apple: "AMD we want you to be our CPU supplier"
AMD: "You think we have a chance of producing a working, competing product?"
Apple: "Here's Eleventy billion dollars"
AMD: