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Re:TSMC confirms 3nm tech for 2022, could enable epic 80B tr... by ogre_codes on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:45AM (#25278191)
> Apple has no alternative, so no reason to give Apple exclusive access

Likely billions of reasons. It's likely Apple pays a significant premium to get that capacity.

AMD might not even mind this arrangement. Apple is essentially funding these die shrinks and AMD benefits down the road.

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Re:TSMC confirms 3nm tech for 2022, could enable epic 80B tr... by sq_ on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @08:52PM (#25284313)
> AMD might not even mind this arrangement. Apple is essentially funding these die shrinks and AMD benefits down the road.

Agree with that. AMD is doing amazingly well with just architectural improvements for Zen 3, so I’d bet they’re plenty happy to just let everyone else work out the kinks in 5nm before they hop on in a year or so.

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