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Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by bombcar on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:42AM (#33009288)
Can we be sure Apple hasn't been quietly building a fab or at least fab expertise somewhere in the bowels of Cupertino? Do we have enough insight into ASML to be sure they haven't purchased even older fab equipment?
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Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by ras3022 on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:54PM (#33010220)
This is what the TSMC construction site in Arizona looks like.

https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2022/05/26/tsmc-pho...

They’re probably not hiding something like that in Cupertino.

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Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by sixstringtheory on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @01:33PM (#33010702)
It’s in basement level 2 under the mothership, directly under the Apple Car test track on basement level 1
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Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by ethbr0 on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @03:13PM (#33011958)
Not even a reality distortion field can make something bigger on the inside. :D
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