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Re:Intel: 10nm Product Era Has Begun, 7nm on Track by gameswithgo on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @09:37AM (#21386955)
apple has TMSC build their chips. amd has TMSC build their chips.

apple doesn't quite have to clout to tell TMSC not to build chips for anyone else.

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Re:Intel: 10nm Product Era Has Begun, 7nm on Track by chungus_khan on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @11:18AM (#21388119)
It also doesn't benefit them in any way to do so. AMD doesn't make any products that compete directly with anything they make, and is their primary provider of dedicated Macintosh graphics hardware.
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Re:Intel: 10nm Product Era Has Begun, 7nm on Track by agloeregrets on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @03:32PM (#21391146)
To top it off, AMD competing well with intel reduces the price of parts Apple puts in Intel Macs.
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Re:Intel: 10nm Product Era Has Begun, 7nm on Track by gameswithgo on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @12:17PM (#21388848)
good point, it is probably a win win to have more money in the node.
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