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I don’t think they needed to help finance the research. I think the apple volume is likely an order or two of magnitude larger than the next customer. It’s prob
by gpapilion 5y ago
I don’t think they needed to help finance the research. I think the apple volume is likely an order or two of magnitude larger than the next customer. It’s probably an advantage to have the large volume, and sync is making the right choice.
Similarly intels process issues showed up when they started trying to make xeon before the desktop processors.
- JiNCMG 5y agoTSMC may not have needed it but Apple did invest (pre-order) and they will continue to do so. There is not exclusivity but pre-purchased capacity and similar video games and kickstarters. They don't always work out for Apple (the Sapphire glass) but majority of the time they are working out perfectly (iPod Toshiba Hard Drives and the TSMC M1 cpus).