Many of its patents cover making chips, not basic science.

英特尔的很多专利出自芯片制造而不是基础科学。

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It started life in 1997 making chips for CD - ROM drives, and eventually took to building the brains of all sorts of consumer devices.

诞生于1997年的联发科最初为CD - ROM驱动器制造芯片，最终才开始为所有消费电子产品制造核心。

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Intel is playing catch-up by making chips not just for computers, but for more than two dozen smartphones and tablets coming onto the market.

英特尔正在努力追赶，它目前不仅在为电脑，而且还在为数十种即将面市的智能手机和平板电脑制作芯片。

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Simple foundry business, just making chips to the designs of others, is pretty low margin stuff.

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More rumours and suppositions that Intel is edging closer to making chips for Apple.

FORBES: Is Intel Moving Closer To Making Chips For Apple?

And the problem will get worse as the components become smaller, making chips even more inefficient, he said.

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