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> Everybody has access to TSMC so it's their fault if they don't use it. Not really, Apple buys swathes of their capacity before anyone else can. They have 90%
by duped 3y ago
> Everybody has access to TSMC so it's their fault if they don't use it.
Not really, Apple buys swathes of their capacity before anyone else can. They have 90% of TSMC's 3nm allocated for Apple silicon, for example.
- Affric 3y agoEven further Apple's commitment to TSMC allows the financial certainty which permits the kinds of capital expenditure that TSMC makes to their bleeding edge nodes. Apple are not altruistic but their actions are a big part of enabling these advances.