Intel’s struggles have not only disappointed PC builders, but also Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who’s shocked by the US chipmaker’s decline. ​​“I am stunned that Intel basically lost its way,” the former Microsoft CEO told the Associated Press while discussing his new memoir,

The Microsoft founder said he might have gone down a different career path if it weren't for Intel's early breakthroughs.

B ack in the day, you would be hard-pressed to find a computer that wasn’t powered by an Intel CPU. These days, Intel’s dominance in the space is not what it used to be. We’

B eing key players in the PC market, Intel and Microsoft have always worked closely as one developed PC hardware, and the other delivered PC software. Thus, we saw the long-runnin