Comment by bombcar
13 hours ago
The key is Apple can be their own customer and just not care anymore.
It’ll probably only be worth it if it enables something “new” like more bigger Ultra chips or something.
13 hours ago
The key is Apple can be their own customer and just not care anymore.
It’ll probably only be worth it if it enables something “new” like more bigger Ultra chips or something.
and that's part of risk management, on both sides
does Apple have enough of a design moat to overcome eventual overprice compared to competitors when "outisde" production is 2,4,10x cheaper
does Apple have enough of income/savings to maintain internal production capacity if it decides to switch back to outside sources
or can Apple acquire enough fab competence to negate internal/external price difference
we'll see how it plays out