By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor, Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas10:46PM GMT 11 Jan 2012 1 Comment

Dave Whalen, vice president of Intel’s architecture group, said that the company was “talking to everybody” and that they had spoken to Apple among other manufacturers about the use of Intel's 'Medfield' chips in mobile devices.

“When we took over [development] in April we took a conscious decision to focus on Android,” he said. “Windows, other operating systems – we recognize that there will be opportunities. It’s not a ‘no’, it’s just not now. When the time’s appropriate we’ll look at other OSs.”

He added that as iOS continues to grow, “we talk to everybody”.

Apple shifted its computers to Intel chips a number of years ago, but its iPhone and iPad devices use proprietary processors.

Mr Whalen said any evolutions to Intel chips in mobile phones would be driven by demand. “It’s down to our customers – at the moment our customers are asking for Android,” he said.