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by twootten 4961 days ago
Seems to me Apple will either just suck it up and deal with this, or will look to internalize their SOC production. Is this something that could have been possible with their PA Semi purchase?
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PA Semi was about chip design; Samsung does chip manufacturing. Apple has been spending enormous CapEx recently (cf. Asymco), so I wouldn't be surprised to see an Apple/GloFo 22 nm fab come on line before 2014.
Samsung also makes other components, notably the flash memory, but it's not like they're the only game in town.