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by grecy 638 days ago
> why aren't Nvidia and Apple stepping up to support Intel?

Is it the role of a for-profit public company to "support" another for-profit public company?

Free market, supply and demand, live by the sword die by the sword and all that.

If Intel made decisions that lead to it's downfall, surely that is on them.
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darby_nine 638 days ago
> Is it the role of a for-profit public company to "support" another for-profit public company?

It is (or it can be) if you want to avoid antitrust lawsuits. Same reason Microsoft bailed out Apple in the 90s.

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crop_rotation 638 days ago
Microsoft spent peanuts (for them) on Apple stock in the 90s. Saving Intel will take much more than that for anyone.

Not to mention that Apple had atleast a salvageable IP if done well. Nobody else could compete with them on shipping MacOS machines. Intel has no such moat.

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ProfessorLayton 638 days ago
TFA says companies have an incentive for intel to succeed so they're not all reliant on TSMC.

Apple used to dual-source their chips from Samsung/TSMC before they went all in with TSMC, but it's clear they're now vulnerable to geopolitical tensions.

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grecy 638 days ago
> TFA says companies have an incentive for intel to succeed so they're not all reliant on TSMC.

Kind of. If Intel keep making shit, it doesn't help anyone if they succeed doing it. They are nothing making products that are a viable alternative to TSMC, so it makes no difference if they vanish.

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