[hardware2win]

>But it's clear Apple is very likely the largest manufacturer of CPUs.

Manufacturer? Where are Apple's fabs located at?

[awestroke]

Not TSMC, that's for sure. TSMC is using ASML machines to etch the transistors, so by your logic ASML is the biggest CPU manufacturer

[hardware2win]

>so by your logic ASML is the biggest CPU manufacturer

No? How?

The logic is pretty simple

Chip designers are fabless companies: AMD, Apple, etc.

Chip makers are companies that physically manufacture those CPUs, so TSMC, Intel, etc.

There is edge case if chip maker has some designs that are created in another company's fabs, but is it relevant for this discussion? I dont think.