Sorry Intel, you're not getting a cent from Apple's chips. You don't get to take credit for these.
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After Anti-M1 Ads, Intel Wants to Make Future Apple Silicon Chips
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Indeed. This is how business works. Many of the traditional IT outsourcing companies work with AWS ato satisfy customer demand even though AWS itself competes directly with their traditional business units. Although Intel’s ad campaign seems a little ill times and petty on some levels. If Apple and Intel see a common hround then same as with Samsung, business will be done. Rarely in the grown up world of business does it get play ground petty lole thr PC/Mac fanboys think it does. Apple likely needs a diversification of partners in this area long term anyway.
Of course, they do. They want to learn how to make advanced ARM-related SoC, just as Samsung was using knowledge from making for Apple.
In a few things you are right. But remember something, when Samsung attacks Apple with theirs post/tweets/videos, this is Samsung mobile, not Samsung Technologies (the principal company) and not Samsung Displays. In this case of Intel, the principal company (not the sub division that doesn´t exist yet) its attacking Apple, the have to take care about their bussines first if they want Apple as a client.
Second, and most important, Apple have to work with Samsung because they are the only ones that can make millions of high quality displays before the launch, Apple have many attempts whit so many suppliers to do something similar and don´t have to work with samsung, but any supplier can't have the samsung level in this area for the iphone's displays. Apple its very plenty working with TSMC, they have been working in A chips a long time (Also with Samsung but that failed), so Apple doesn´t need Intel like they need Samsung
I was kinda hoping AMD would hire the PC guy and say something like, "Hi I'm a human who still uses PCs, but AMD."
I hear you can get him and Justin Long as a package deal.
yeah no mate. That is not gojng to Happen
I swear this desperate company is smoking crack or some ganja if they are this desperate after attacking Apple with anti M1 ads
Ah More like the crazy ex stalker and her sane sister you’d date.
I seriously doubt anyone at Apple cares about Intel’s ads beyond having a good laugh.
To steal a line from The Godfather, it isn’t personal, it’s business. Letting hurt feelings drive a business decision is a bad idea.
It sounds like the new CEO wants to double down on process investments so that they can catch back up to TSMC. If they succeed, then I’m sure Apple would at least consider them. They have used Samsung fabs in the past. Apple has diversified its supply chain in the past.
An excellent way to copy the architecture and know-how
I am not so sure about that! I do not think Intel is capable of making those advanced chips anymore!
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This. Both Europe and the US should be able to manufacture 5nm chips.
The ad campaign is unwise regardless of whether or not Intel is courting Apple. It shows Intel in really poor light, and the creators of those ads as being clueless. The ads have nothing to do with the processor as the machines are identical to what they were when running on Intel, except they run a whole lot better on the M1.
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Intel will have to change their “interface” to the design data, if they’re anything like they were back in the 2000s. They used mils instead of microns, all their terminology was weird and non-standard, they used their own weird file formats, etc. They were not set up to accept an arbitrary gdsii file from an outside source, even if it met their design rules, and their non-standard terminology made it hard to even understand their requirements. When I interviewed intel employees and asked them what their experience was, the words they used were not words used anywhere else in the industry.
AMD would happily use Intel as a fab, if Intel’s fabs were any good.
This is business so if they can be competitive I'm pretty sure Apple wouldn't turn them down. The real question is how are they going to leapfrog TSMC which is currently way ahead in their manufacturing technology.