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Apple's Return to Intel Rumored to Extend to iPhone (www.macrumors.com)
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[–] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Overheating laptops! Just like the good old days.

Jokes aside, why would Apple want to work with Intel after proving they were unreliable in the past?

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago

    Because before, they were buying Intel’s chips, many of which were being fabbed by TSMC.

    Now, Apple is developing the chips to their own specs, and Intel is joining TSMC as a fab house. Apple controls the design and manufacturing volumes, is the sole customer for the chips, and has an alternative fab house they can turn to if either Intel or TSMC falls down on the job.

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