The shares of Intel Corp. closed on Friday after a message that Microsoft Corp. was developing internal chips for its servers and Surface PCs. Intel INTC,
shares closed 6.3% lower at $ 47.46 on Friday, while shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD,
which also makes CPUs closed 1% at $ 95.92. Microsoft MSFT,
plans to develop a chip using Arm Holdings PLC designs for its data centers, and is exploring the use of another chip to power its PCs, Bloomberg reported Friday. In September, Nvidia Corp. NVDA,
offered $ 40 billion to acquire Arm from Softbank Group Corp. 9984,
Nvidia shares closed 0.5% lower at $ 530.88. Microsoft stock ended 0.4% at $ 218.59. In November, Apple Inc. AAPL,
who until recently relied on Intel chips released computers with chips designed in-house.