So there's no guarantee that either Nvidia or Intel will ever win a spot inside of future Apple gizmos.

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Pairing Intel or AMD chips with Nvidia's graphics chips in supercomputers (much as they are in personal computers) results in machines that are three times more efficient than ones that rely on CPUs alone.

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The whole lot can be selected with dual- or quad-core chips from AMD and Intel, while select configurations are equipped with NVIDIA's GeForce GT7XXM series or AMD's Radeon HD8750 discrete graphics.

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Case in point, NVIDIA's rumored LTE-capable Tegra 4, allegedly clocked up to 2GHz or Intel's Red Ridge Medfield chip, which we saw pop up at the FCC earlier this month.

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Spec-wise, you can trick them out with Core i7 processors, up to 8GB of RAM, Intel Wireless Display and discrete graphics (either a 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GT640M or a 2GB AMD Radeon HD 8730M).

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