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Re:TSMC “Apple-first” 3nm policy leads to AMD and Qualcomm m... by m12k on Thursday November 25, 2021 @10:36AM (#29342192)
I think they bought what they needed, but that was enough to block others from getting produced.
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Re:TSMC “Apple-first” 3nm policy leads to AMD and Qualcomm m... by yareally on Thursday November 25, 2021 @11:06AM (#29342435)
Yes, unintentional side effect. I'm sure it crossed the minds of some the executives that they might be screwing their competition by buying out all the chips.

Apple is obviously not going to buy less so their competition can have more when Apple needed the supply.

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Re:TSMC “Apple-first” 3nm policy leads to AMD and Qualcomm m... by Brian_K_White on Thursday November 25, 2021 @12:46PM (#29343330)
Intentional effect.

The fact that it's one of severel effects and one of several motivations does not make it unintentional, or even necessarily just a side effect.

It could just as well be simply one of multiple fully considered effects, and surely was.

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