Intel to Make More than Just Processors for Apple? - Softpedia

Intel to Make More than Just Processors for Apple? - Softpedia: "AppleInsider has been told by reliable sources that Apple has contracted its new processor partner, Intel, to design the new mother board for the next generation of Power Macs.

It would seem Intel's Oregon facilities have been working on this since late October after Apple turned to Intel to help with the deadlines imposed by the accelerated transition from Power PC processors to Intel chips. Intel is said to have discreetly formed an "Apple Group" consisting of both marketing and engineering personnel.

With Apple racing to be one of the first, if not the first to use the new Intel processors in the new Macs, human resources in the engineering labs in Cupertino have been worn thin, sources report. With Intel designing (which might actually turn out to be designing and manufacturing) the new Power Mac motherboards, Apple is likely to remain on track and start shipping the first Power Mac models during the third quarter of 2006."