PC World reports that Intel will provide a tool to help port iPhone apps to handsets and tablets with Intel chips.

Most smartphones and tablets today run on Arm-based processors, so developers tend to write mobile applications first for the Arm architecture. By making it easier to port those applications to Intel processors, Intel hopes to create more software -- and thus more demand -- for devices based on its chips.

The tool will identify changes that need to be made in an iPhone application, making it easier to convert the application to run on Intel-based hardware, said Doug Fisher, vice president of Intel's Software and Services group and general manager of its Systems Software division, in an interview on Tuesday.

  Intel Tool Will Convert IPhone Apps to Run on Intel Chips