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Re:How Intel Missed the iPhone: The XScale Era by jorvi on Thursday August 29, 2024 @11:44AM (#41392035)
> There was no money in mobile SoCs, and there still isn’t

Qualcomm market cap: $193 billion

TSMC market cap: $25 billion

Seems designing and fabbing SoCs is plenty valuable

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Re:How Intel Missed the iPhone: The XScale Era by adventured on Thursday August 29, 2024 @11:59AM (#41392191)
> TSMC market cap: $25 billion

Taiwan Semi's market cap is $888 billion. They're - remarkably - now worth 10x what Intel is.

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Re:How Intel Missed the iPhone: The XScale Era by jorvi on Thursday August 29, 2024 @12:19PM (#41392426)
Huh, you are right. I already had a feeling it was suspiciously low. I'll correct it, thanks!
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