Clearly defined lines amidst the software and hardware worlds are getting fuzzier. The most recent evidence came on June 4, when Intel, the world’s largest maker of computer chips, said it will buy software maker Wind River.

Expected to close that summer, the $884 million acquisition not only pushes Intel deeper into the market for a wide range of non-PC machines, but it’s additionally likely to shake up long-standing tech alliances and could immediate more deals among makers

of hardware and software.

For years, software makers such as Microsoft operated independently of chip manufacturers. But as computer technology gets woven into a larger array of machines, including smartphones, robots, and even cars, there’s an urgent need for closer cohesion amidst hardware makers and developers of software, which in many cases fails to mesh well with increasingly energetic and speedy chips. Apple, which specializes in making machines and the software that […]

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