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Apple may be paying just for working chips, rather than wafers.
by greenknight 6y ago
Apple may be paying just for working chips, rather than wafers.
- futhey 6y agoIf you're their largest customer, and there are no alternative suppliers, leverage works both ways -- but it's beside the point. TSMC does multi-year low-scale runs of new processes to figure out tooling and reduce errors, before committing to huge orders.