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Given what we know about Apple and Cook, this seems like at least a modestly foolish story for Chang to have told. Apple’s senior leadership has always for bet
by twoodfin 2y ago
Given what we know about Apple and Cook, this seems like at least a modestly foolish story for Chang to have told.
Apple’s senior leadership has always for better or worse had long memories and held even longer grudges. And they don’t like partners to speak for them, or create the impression—even if accurate—that Apple has a dependency on a single supplier.
- greedo 2y agoThat's true when Apple has alternative suppliers, ie graphic cards when nVidia blabs before a presentation. But who is going to replace TSMC? Sure someone will in 15-20 years, but for now...
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- Etheryte 2y agoYou could've said the same about Intel at one point, but here we are years later.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago2011 article, so GP's timeline fits.
- zodiakzz 2y agoIt's not a 2011 article. The alleged statement by Tim was made in 2011.
- caycep 2y agothey have used Samsung before...maybe with middling results but if push came to shove, Samsung's fabs have been the backup I think.
- mushufasa 2y agoChang is 93 years old. He can say whatever he wants.
- djcooley 2y agoSecond this. I don't think most people on hn understand how powerful he is.
- scarface_74 2y agoWhat is Apple going to do? Not use TSMC?
- alex-mohr 2y agoClearly the next step after building your own CPU and SOC is to start Apple Foundry and become totally vertically integrated?