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Intel CEO-Designate Krzanich Plans Faster Shift to Mobile

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Brian Krzanich, Intel Corp.’s next chief executive officer, said he’s already sold the company’s board on a plan to move more quickly into mobile-device chips.

His bigger challenge: persuading investors and customers that he can do a better job than his predecessor, Paul Otellini, in adapting to the shift in consumer tastes away from the personal-computer market his company dominates -- and toward tablets and smartphones.