Apple does not build their own chips. TSMC builds them for them. Apple designs chips that are fabbed by TSMC. Apple supplies the recipe, TSMC supplies the ovens

Apple does not build their own chips. TSMC builds them for them. Apple designs chips that are fabbed by TSMC. Apple supplies the recipe, TSMC supplies the ovens. > they have no interest in working with Intel They do if they would like to have a safe, domestic supplier insulated from geopolitical instability. Also in the scenario I mention (some sort of merger or acquisition) they'd be owning Intel and driving it in (hopefully) a beneficial direction.