[simonh]

That’s not the Apple way, but they might fund a supplier to build out capacity in return for priority access.

The thing is they tend to only do that when they can get a technological competitive advantage. The priority access gives them a locked in competitive edge, for a while. It’s not clear there is an opportunity like that in memory.

[jayd16]

It wasn't their way to design CPUs until it was their way.

[nextaccountic]

Apple doesn't want to enter low margin business

[golem14]

Designing and producing are separate