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Asking wouldn’t have been enough. They also would have to do it, for a fairly small fraction of the CPUs they build (Apple sells about 30 million systems a year
by Someone 4y ago
Asking wouldn’t have been enough. They also would have to do it, for a fairly small fraction of the CPUs they build (Apple sells about 30 million systems a year in a total market of 340 million (https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/global-pc-market-Q4-2021 https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/global-pc-market-Q4-2021), and that excludes CPUs running in data centers).
I’m not sure adding “and, by the way, we’ll switch manufacturers at will if we can get faster gear elsewhere” will help there.
- sudosysgen 4y agoThat is not true. AMD and Intel both routinely make custom chips with far more of a modification than on-package RAM for far smaller orders. See for example supercomputers where they will make custom SKUs for barely a million units. Switching manufacturers when they get faster gear is a normal practice.