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> And Intel's business health continues to have a strong dependence on Microsoft's business, which has to make the chip firm a little wary of taking the softwar
by ikeboy 9y ago
> And Intel's business health continues to have a strong dependence on Microsoft's business, which has to make the chip firm a little wary of taking the software company (or its customers) to court.
I mean, Apple and Samsung had a billion dollar lawsuit while Samsung chips were still in iPhones. It's certainly precedented to sue a corporation you're actively doing business with.
- posterboy 9y agoThey had contracts so Samsung was bound and Apple did start using their own chips, so it's not at all certain that the law suit didn't further disturb the business relation.
- throwaway91111 9y agoI believe their chips continue to use samsung fabs today.
- AstralStorm 9y agoIf GlobalFoundries didn't make these chips, Intel could pick up the slack... (Not to mention it is a consortium and not part of Samsung.)
- kasabali 9y agoIntel doesnt let anyone else use their fabs.
- rasz 9y agosure they do, Intel manufactured FPGAs for a long time before buying altera
- kasabali 9y agoI don't think FPGA's count in this context but I did a quick search on Intel fabs and it looks like I'm wrong anyway: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/intel-will-allow-arm-chipmakers-to-use-its-10nm-manufacturing-process/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/intel-will-allow-arm...