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I can imagine that Apple is fairly happy at the moment as a customer of TSMC; they do the heavy lifting on the lithography front and Apple just provide the desi
by Tsiklon 6y ago
I can imagine that Apple is fairly happy at the moment as a customer of TSMC; they do the heavy lifting on the lithography front and Apple just provide the designs.
Purchasing TSMC would lead to it having to deal with maintaining relationships to people it actively competes on several levels with. This would almost certainly lead to accusations of anti-competitive behaviour.
- delfinom 6y agoHah, all the other TSMC customers would no doubt band together to stop, if not through regulatory means, putting up a counteroff for some jointly owned controlled. It's too vital.
- jklein11 6y agoI thought ASMC really cornered the market on the EUV lithography process that is required for making 5nm chips. Wouldn't Apple be better off buying them?
- Denvercoder9 6y agoASML? They're a big player in EUV, but not the only one. Buying ASML also wouldn't really gain Apple anything. There's tons of technology and know-how that goes into a fab beyond buying a lithography machines.
- BozeWolf 6y agoWhich companies are into euv as well? Interested in reading up on them.