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		mhh__ on Jan 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process The cores are in-house apple, so that's a bit strenuous

wicket on Jan 20, 2021 [–]

Strenuous? Not in the slightest. The ISA and the original chip design is from Arm and is licensed to Apple. There would be no M1 without Cambridge.

mrkstu on Jan 20, 2021 | [–]

Its so incestuous that all this becomes circular after awhile- there would be no ARM without Apple.

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