TSMC Founder Reveals Why Apple Chose Them Over Intel as Custom Chip Supplier

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By Tim HardwickJan 30, 2025, 4:54 am933 ptsTop
TSMC founder Morris Chang has revealed that Apple CEO Tim Cook rejected Intel as an iPhone chip manufacturing partner in 2011, and told him that "Intel just does not know how to be a foundry." In a new YouTube interview with Acquired, Chang recounts how Apple briefly paused discussions with TSMC in February…

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