News Apple's Chip Purchase from Arizona Might Be Marketing Trick: Report

[Admin]

Apple's requirements might be too high and too advanced for TSMC's Arizona fab.

Apple's Chip Purchase from Arizona Might Be Marketing Trick: Report : Read more

 

[Rdslw]

Marketing or not, it's important to diversify the channels as we learned because of covid, so if they make even like 10% of their needs in states, that gives you some options when it comes to production. That might make repair parts easier to get, both through official and unofficial channels

 

[virtuality222]

This aged poorly very quickly:
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/21/tsmc-apple-3nm-chips-arizona-plant/

 

[atomicWAR]

Apple using marketing tricks, who'd a thought? Oh wait nm everybody. Totally par for Apples tactics.

 

[virtuality222]

Apple using marketing tricks, who'd a thought? Oh wait nm everybody. Totally par for Apples tactics.

Except…. Read above report?

 

[atomicWAR]

Except…. Read above report?

I did but was unsure of your source...then Toms posted 3nn TSMC bit not long after on Arizona so it looks like you source was on it. That said Apple is totally known for their marketing shenagins sooo yeah...I was wrong but not wrong while you appear to be correct