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The alternative is Intel dissolving their R&D completely since they couldn't see how the division could ever be profitable. At least with Apple acquiring them t
by mythz 7y ago
The alternative is Intel dissolving their R&D completely since they couldn't see how the division could ever be profitable. At least with Apple acquiring them there's still some competition left in the field.
- MikusR 7y agoApple does not sell chips to other companies. So competition decreases.
- dewey 7y agoThey do sell the chip for lightning connectors to third parties
- ineedasername 7y agoAlso if political winds blow against the FAANGs and pushes for breakups of some sort gain ground, that could take the form of something like compulsory licensing of closely held IP by Apple. Pure speculation of course, but the prospect of competition due to his acquisition is non-zero, compared to the zero of Intel dissolution.
- sambe 7y agoIt remains marginally higher competition than the unit folding, which seems to have been the alternative. At least one party has an alternative. And unlikely as it may seem, that party may yet choose to sell to others, which is also better than zero.
- scarface74 7y agoWell neither would Intel if they dissolved the unit...