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IMO it's unlikely. It seems like Apple has to go through a lot to meet their own manufacturing needs, so ramping up production just for third parties would put
by rmrfrmrf 13y ago
IMO it's unlikely. It seems like Apple has to go through a lot to meet their own manufacturing needs, so ramping up production just for third parties would put even more strain on the already-large demand.
Plus, from a market standpoint, Cyclone was developed to meet Apple's own needs. To sell these chips would introduce a "demand" variable into the equation that I think would stifle development.
At any rate, this is a really interesting topic because I think that Apple's oft-critized isolation actually worked much to its own benefit here.