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Re:TSMC 2nm Process Disclosure – How Does It Measure Up? by tiffanyh on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:46PM (#43017437)
Doesn't Apple pay for exclusive access to N, and N+1 nodes ... shutting everyone else out from using newer node sizes.
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Re:TSMC 2nm Process Disclosure – How Does It Measure Up? by brookst on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @04:32PM (#43018645)
That’s my understanding, more or less. It’s not like Apple pays to have capacity sitting idle, they just outbid everyone else to buy (and use) 100% of capacity.
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Re:TSMC 2nm Process Disclosure – How Does It Measure Up? by tiffanyh on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @05:04PM (#43018949)
I believe Apple also gives/pays TSMC for the capital needed to even do the R&D to shrink the nodes in the first place.
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