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Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by _kbh_ on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @10:53AM (#33008681)
Apple 100% does need TSMC at this point and there is leverage both ways.

I suspect if Apple really wanted to they would probably start to produce their products in two lines like Nvidia did, with cheaper phones produced on something like Samsungs 4nm and the higher end phones on TSMCS 3nm.

This has the added benefit of diversifying their supply chain (to a degree), giving TSMC less leverage over Apple and potentially reducing the production cost of the lower end phones.

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Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by Crosseye_Jack on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:23PM (#33009817)
> I suspect if Apple really wanted to they would probably start to produce their products in two lines like Nvidia did, with cheaper phones produced on something like Samsungs 4nm and the higher end phones on TSMCS 3nm.

Wouldn't be the first time Apple has used multiple vendors for their SOC. The 6s for example had SOCs made by both Samsung (14nm) and TMSC (16nm).

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