It takes a lot of money, people, and investment to bring a chip to market, years ahead of other competitors' technologies. Maybe locking it down (to the disapp

It takes a lot of money, people, and investment to bring a chip to market, years ahead of other competitors' technologies. Maybe locking it down (to the disappointment of the "everything open" crowd) is Apple's reward for advancing the state of the industry and offering high performing chip beyond anyone's expectations. Maybe for companies to survive in such a business, they need to take advantage of the technologies they're able to bring to fruition, and fund the 9/10 ideas that don't make it.