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Re:Apple Says It Will Add 20k Jobs, Spend $500B, Produce AI ... by kube-system on Monday February 24, 2025 @03:00PM (#43164211)
> Does this mean moving to US based fabs for the M-series chips?

This is not really a practical option. A big part of the M-series success is TSMC's lead in cutting edge process nodes. And Taiwan does not allow export of technology for the latest nodes. It is available only there.

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Re:Apple Says It Will Add 20k Jobs, Spend $500B, Produce AI ... by foobiekr on Monday February 24, 2025 @08:53PM (#43167157)
Most of the technology that TSMC uses was developed in the US and Europe.
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Re:Apple Says It Will Add 20k Jobs, Spend $500B, Produce AI ... by kube-system on Monday February 24, 2025 @09:53PM (#43167540)
Developed, sure. Successfully integrated and commercialized, no. Organizations in US and Europe has done a lot of the prerequisite tooling and research. But they haven't successfully integrated it into an operation capable of producing leading nodes, yet.
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