Intel's ominous future

The once mighty processor company is on the verge of being dethroned

An Intel office building.
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If you're old enough to remember when personal computers first became a household item, you're probably familiar with the company Intel.

Every computer, smartphone, or tablet needs a processor. It's basically the brain — the central chip that does all the major computing. For a long time, processors were synonymous with Intel: Whether you had a PC running Windows or an Apple laptop, it probably had an Intel processor inside.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.