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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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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At the same time, it is splitting up, in that more companies are specialising in design, and contracting out or quitting the making of chips.

同时，另一个趋势是行业的分化，更多企业专注于设计，外包或退出芯片制造业务。

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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.

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

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