Intel Approaches Apple For Potential Investment Amid Struggles (reuters.com)
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- News link: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/09/24/2141256/intel-approaches-apple-for-potential-investment-amid-struggles
- Source link: https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-approaches-apple-potential-investment-2025-09-24
> The iPhone maker and Intel have also discussed how to work more closely together, the report said, adding that the talks are at an early stage and may not lead to an agreement. Shares of Intel closed 6% higher after the news. [...] Striking lucrative partnerships and persuading outside clients to use Intel's factories remain key to its future. Intel has also reached out to other companies about possible investments and partnerships, according to the Bloomberg News report. The reported investment from Apple would come as another vote of confidence for Intel - Apple had been a longtime customer of Intel before it transitioned to using its own custom-designed silicon chips in 2020.
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> For Apple, which relies heavily on Intel's rival TSMC to manufacture its chips, the new partnership would allow it to diversify its chipmaking supplier base - a move that would be valuable if geopolitical risks in Taiwan worsen due to China's role in the region. It would also help Apple improve its relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump, by showing that it is investing in the United States - while much of Apple's supply chain remains international, the company has committed about $600 billion to domestic initiatives over the next four years.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-approaches-apple-potential-investment-2025-09-24
[2] https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/18/1226210/nvidia-to-invest-5-billion-in-intel
Approached my mom amid my financial struggles (Score:2)
Did get a slap in the face and was told to get my shit together.
*bummer*
A slap from Mom and Navy recruiter # from Dad (Score:2)
> Did get a slap in the face and was told to get my shit together.
I can see my Mom doing that. My Dad, standing behind her wait his turn. He won't slap me, he'll just give me the phone number of the Navy recruiter and say good luck.
Throw money in the drain? (Score:2)
Wouldn't this be like throwing money in the drain?
Intel suffers from a decade of stagnation between 2010 and 2020 with a wakeup call around 2020 that they couldn't handle. "This parrot is dead"
Its about manufacturing process, not CPU arch (Score:4, Interesting)
Intels value is in advanced CPU manufacturing, not in the x86-64 architecture.
Think about all the miracles Intel has accomplished over the decades with x86 and keeping it competitive. That was in part due to their advanced manufacturing processes. Apple Silicon architecture on an Intel manufacturing process could actually be interesting.
Second source, and not all Apple Silicon high end (Score:2)
You are overstating things. The fact remains the process/price is an area where Intel can be competitive over time, x86-64 vs ARM is not. Even if TSMC currently has the lead, their fabs are heavily booked. A second manufacturing source for Apple could be useful. And if one year an Intel process lags behind a TSMC process, then Intel can do the Apple Silicon for TVs and Watches, not the higher performing Computer and Phone/Pad CPUs. Add to that the Apple Silicon designs from previous years used in the SE lin
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> And no one is going to use their "advanced" CPU manufacturing so long as that part of the business isn't spun off into a separate company. Otherwise why would companies want to help their competitor?
How is Intel an Apple competitor? They are just a potential second source for manufacturing. Windows is the competitor, not Intel. Intel in fact made Apple a lot of money post-PowerPC. Apple sales virtually doubled when Macs were essentially Intel based PCs that could dual boot macOS or Windows. It ended the entire MacOS or Windows question, you could have both. Running natively at full speed on the same hardware.
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Intel has not has an advanced manufacturing process in a long time. And their designs always sucked, sometimes badly. That is now catching up with them.
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Intel isn't dead - it's merely pinin' for the fjords...
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Let Intel fail. Capitalism should be about people who have smart ideas being successful, and lazy ones failing. Intel is now one of the failing ones. I do remember in the 90's where Intel was supreme, and "nobody could ever catch up to them". Let them fail, especially since the US Government owns a 10% stake in them. I thought thought that with Capitalism, the US Government should not pick winners or losers, what happened to that philosophy?
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> "This parrot is dead"
Indeed, it is. And everybody competent sees it, including Apple.
I'm like a broken record at this point (Score:2)
But I'll keep saying it. Intel needs to be split into (1) design, and (2) fab.
No way do companies want to work with their direct competitors. US government should be working to split Intel down the middle. And only then, would Apple be be prepared to work with Intel fabs.
Trump is the only rational for this (Score:2)
Intel banks on Apple publicly saving an American trainwreck to butter up the orange utan for favors.
That's it. It's the only strategy here. None of this would happen absent Trump.
Why would Apple save the sinking ship? (Score:2)
They do not even use Intel CPUs anymore.
LOL! (Score:4, Interesting)
Considering how Apple has been been progressing this seems like a desperate move by Intel. They are throwing out FUD in hopes that Apple will cave. However, if TSMC goes dark then everyone is fucked. Trump isn't going to be in power much longer, so that's a not a winning argument either. I'm telling you, this smacks of desperation.
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Of course it does.
Unfortunately, I think desperation is all Intel has left.
Its about making chips, not return to x64-64 (Score:2)
> Considering how Apple has been been progressing this seems like a desperate move by Intel.
Its about manufacturing Apple Silicon chips, not returning to the x86-64 architecture.
Face it, Microsoft is working with Qualcomm to move Windows to ARM as well.
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except Intel have subpar manufacturing, they halted one of their builds as no one wants to use them to manufacture anything when the competitors are so far ahead of them.
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Far ahead is overstating things. The fact remains the process/price is an area where Intel can be compete over time, x86-64 vs ARM is not. Even if TSMC currently has the lead, their fabs are heavily booked. A second manufacturing source for Apple could be useful. And if one year an Intel process lags behind a TSMC process, then Intel can do the Apple Silicon for TVs and Watches, not the higher performing Computer and Phone/Pad CPUs. Use the limited TMSC availability where it matters.