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Re:How Intel Missed the iPhone: The XScale Era by MBCook on Thursday August 29, 2024 @06:55PM (#41396199)
Apple hates being beholden to one company. It’s bitten them many times in the past.

I suspect if anyone else could keep up with TSMC Apple would still dual source.

But between their lead and the benefits of being such a big customer they get first crack at the cutting edge stuff, single sourcing manufacturing probably makes the most sense.

And their interests are aligned, unlike their dependencies on MS/Adobe/Motorola/IBM/Intel.

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