Despite Intel readying low-power x86 processors for mobile devices, Intel today confirmed x86 on the iPhone will not come to fruition any time soon. Instead, it appears Apple will instead tap the design resources of its recent P.A. Semi acquisition.

Intel's PC processors may own the desktop. But the semiconductor giant's x86, or Intel Architecture design, is far from the most ubiquitous. Booming demand for mobile phones has made variations on U.K.-based ARM Holdings' design far more ubiquitous. Intel hopes to challenge that by offering a scaled-down version of the processor powering your PC for smaller devices. Intel's pitch for why device makers should use its chips: Their machines will be able to take advantage of much of the software built for everything from notebooks to desktop workstations and servers.

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