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Apple’s move, a decade ago, to control their own silicon seems quite prescient.
by pbourke 5y ago
Apple’s move, a decade ago, to control their own silicon seems quite prescient.
- pjscott 5y agoThey have their own chip designs, but the manufacturing is done by TSMC.
- pbourke 5y agoIndeed, but they control the supply chain risks to a much greater extent now.
- larkost 5y agoVery true. But they have hedged that very well with long-term contracts, so they are effectively first in line for most of their needs. I would guess that this is still biting them on some components (they have so many in so many products), but they appear to be riding through this pretty well.
- coryfklein 5y agoWell they certainly weren't going to be able to fabricate their own Intel chips, that's for sure! Baby steps, my friends. (Not that it's in any way fair to call "design your own chip" a baby step haha.)
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- systemBuilder 5y agoEverybody saw Intel slacking off a decade ago including Apple and Google but Google didn't have the guts to start their own CPU design Department despite being the #5 largest computer maker on Earth!