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0 pointssomethoughts5y ago0 comments

Why would they make their own M and A processors? They could continue to buy Intel chips and revert back to using PortalPlayer and Samsung chips. Chip designing is capital intensive and takes years to get up and running, when Intel and Samsung know how to do it.

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kube-system5y ago

They did buy PA Semi to get off the ground. TSMC is probably way too expensive though.

threeseed5y ago

They also bought Passif Semiconductor, parts of Dialog Semiconductor, Intel's modem team, Xnor etc.

valuearb5y ago

Designing chips isn’t capital intensive, making them is.

threeseed5y ago

Apple designs their own CPUs, GPUs, SOCs, Modems etc.

And they dominate the competition in performance/power.

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kube-system5y ago

They did buy PA Semi to get off the ground. TSMC is probably way too expensive though.

threeseed5y ago

They also bought Passif Semiconductor, parts of Dialog Semiconductor, Intel's modem team, Xnor etc.

valuearb5y ago

Designing chips isn’t capital intensive, making them is.

threeseed5y ago

Apple designs their own CPUs, GPUs, SOCs, Modems etc.

And they dominate the competition in performance/power.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse