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It’s not apple that matters here. At all. Ever since they took ARM in house for their devices it’s clear they don’t want to be dependent on another corporations
by no_wizard 6y ago
It’s not apple that matters here. At all. Ever since they took ARM in house for their devices it’s clear they don’t want to be dependent on another corporations chip design.
What this misses, gravely I think, is that from the armchair CEO angle, I would want to go after _Qualcomm_
They’re the biggest vendor in this space for mobile as far as I can tell. All the major Android vendors use them, including in high end devices, and they’re apparently incredibly hard to work with from what I understand. This would be the way in for them to muscle into the ARM market but supplanting Qualcomms dominance.
That would make more sense to me if I was running Intel. Then again, they ditched their cellular unit so it seems this might be questionable all together
- adamnemecek 6y agoApple doesn't want other vendors using their CPUs.
- no_wizard 6y ago> Apple doesn't want other vendors using their CPUs. Exactly my point, in so far as what I said: Apple’s never going to be Intels customer for CPUs once they the last Mac requiring Intel CPUs is no longer supported. That’s a dead market. Qualcomm on the other hand, is ripe for some real competition. If Intel wants to swing big into the ARM CPU game, they should look to dethrone Qualcomm. Apple is pretty much irrelevant here. That’s been clear since they brought all their CPU designs in house