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The iPhone and iPad maker has had early-stage talks with Intel about enlisting the company's chipmaking services.
Apple has held early talks with Intel and visited Samsung's new Texas chip plant as potential backup suppliers.
KEY POINTS
- No chip orders have been placed with Intel or Samsung yet; discussions remain at a preliminary stage.
- Intel's foundry business is targeting Apple as a potential major client to bolster its comeback efforts.
- Apple will receive 100 million chips from TSMC's Arizona plant in 2026, covering only a small fraction of its needs.
- Apple executives are more concerned about shortages of main processors than memory chips, impacting Mac supply.
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