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> Apple has no alternative, so no reason to give Apple exclusive access Likely billions of reasons. It's likely Apple pays a significant premium to get that ca
by ogre_codes 6y ago
> Apple has no alternative, so no reason to give Apple exclusive access
Likely billions of reasons. It's likely Apple pays a significant premium to get that capacity.
AMD might not even mind this arrangement. Apple is essentially funding these die shrinks and AMD benefits down the road.
- sq_ 6y ago> AMD might not even mind this arrangement. Apple is essentially funding these die shrinks and AMD benefits down the road. Agree with that. AMD is doing amazingly well with just architectural improvements for Zen 3, so I’d bet they’re plenty happy to just let everyone else work out the kinks in 5nm before they hop on in a year or so.