Why Google Might Drop Intel for ARM

Google may be considering building its own chips for its servers, dropping Intel processors in favor of a design based on ARM's architecture — the same kind of chips found in almost every smartphone and tablet today, a new report says.

Bloomberg reported Google's alleged plans, citing a person with knowledge of the matter. Google obviously runs a lot of servers and is Intel's fifth-largest customer, according to the report, so if the company suddenly moved to a different kind of chip, it would have big consequences to the market