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Building your own semiconductor fab with good yelds that are profitable is monumentally more complex than all of those things combined. Why do you think only In
by ChuckNorris89 4y ago
Building your own semiconductor fab with good yelds that are profitable is monumentally more complex than all of those things combined. Why do you think only Intel and Samsung are the ones left at the cutting edge anf even they are struggling to keep up with TSMC?
If you think Apple can just buy their way into fab success, you don't understand the complexities of semiconductor manufacturing.
- foobiekr 4y agoWhat apple really brings to the table isn’t really plain cash though capital investment helps it’s guaranteed capacity.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago> you don't understand the complexities of semiconductor manufacturing. Eh. Might know a thing or two, but I'm sure you know what you're talking about.
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoPlease enlighten us.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoNah, that's OK. Have a great day!
- nyokodo 4y ago> If you think Apple can just buy their way into fab success No one is saying they can "just" buy their way into fab success. However, I think they do have the cash and clout to make it happen on a decade long timeline, possibly in league with Intel/Samsung or the US Government, or all three, etc. Obviously that would be enormously costly and risky, but any move to eventually do so is a threat to TSMC, so even if they don't do it they have a negotiating position with TSMC right now because the relationship is enormously valuable.