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by mda 3937 days ago
Itanium is 20 year old technology, A lot of things changed since. I wouldn't be surprised if they come up with a completely new ISA and produce their own chips now. If they can squeeze a few more dollars per device because of a such move, with the added bonus of more efficient and faster operation they will do it.

Margins is the only important thing for Apple, nothing else matters.