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Cost & control. Apple can (and does) reliably ship SoC’s for phones with exactly the features and cadence they desire. Even the closest relationship imaginable
by twoodfin 7y ago
Cost & control. Apple can (and does) reliably ship SoC’s for phones with exactly the features and cadence they desire. Even the closest relationship imaginable with Intel can’t give them that.
- acdha 7y agoThat seems like the key part: Intel delays held up multiple product lines in recent years and they have a long memory about those delays. They were able to fix other problems by pushing Ives out of the blocking path but they can’t do that to another huge company.