Apple, Intel Have Reached Preliminary Chip-Making Agreement (yahoo.com)
(Friday May 08, 2026 @05:00PM (BeauHD)
from the don't-call-it-a-comeback dept.)
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- News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/05/08/174203/apple-intel-have-reached-preliminary-chip-making-agreement
- Source link: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-stock-hits-fourth-straight-record-high-as-apple-report-fuels-chip-rally-171524007.html
Apple and Intel have reportedly [1]reached a preliminary agreement (paywalled; [2]alternative source ) for Intel to manufacture some chips used in Apple devices, after more than a year of talks and [3]pressure from the Trump administration. It's still unclear which Apple products would use Intel-made chips, but the deal would mark a major potential win for Intel's foundry ambitions and give Apple another manufacturing option beyond TSMC.
[1] https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-intel-have-reached-preliminary-chip-making-agreement-69eb9370
[2] https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-stock-hits-fourth-straight-record-high-as-apple-report-fuels-chip-rally-171524007.html
[3] https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/1849210/intel-has-agreed-to-a-deal-for-us-to-take-10-equity-stake-trump-says
[1] https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-intel-have-reached-preliminary-chip-making-agreement-69eb9370
[2] https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-stock-hits-fourth-straight-record-high-as-apple-report-fuels-chip-rally-171524007.html
[3] https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/1849210/intel-has-agreed-to-a-deal-for-us-to-take-10-equity-stake-trump-says
Diversifying supply chain from single source (Score:1, Troll)
by sinij ( 911942 )
Demanding US-based semiconductor fab locations is a very reasonable policy. TSMC location in Taiwan makes it extremely vulnerable to Chinese disruption. It is insane that major US companies are making trillion-dollar bets that a single-source provider will remain operational.
Re: (Score:2)
by gtall ( 79522 )
Even more insane is depending on Taiwan when la Presidenta shot his wad on Iran and has little to help defend the island with, as if he ever planned to. The next deal he makes with China will be when he sells Taiwan to them for a great deal on producing his gewgaws and Bibles.
Ahem (Score:1)
by fubarrr ( 884157 )
Pressure? Unlike Chinese bureaucrats, American ones never resort to fisticuffs. A kick to the face would've been an interesting development during one of such "pressure sessions"
Need SuperKendall's take (Score:1, Troll)
How great is it that Trump requires Apple to do business with Intel, the spin will be delightful.
Please, please, please let it be Apple's main processors. A hysterical black eye to Intel and a kick in the balls to Apple fanboys. Win win!
Let's hear from the "rosetta doesn't do emulation" crowd!
Re: (Score:1)
China will take over Taiwan and cold fusion is only 3 years away.
Re: (Score:2)
More likely a “let’s pretend to do something until he’s gone” and “let’s see what of our needs you can handle.” Promises are easy to make to placate Trump and cost nothing.
Re: Need SuperKendall's take (Score:2)
Short the stock. They have so many supposed contracts and none will be delivered on time.
Second sourcing, multiple suppliers, etc. (Score:3, Interesting)
> How great is it that Trump requires Apple to do business with Intel
Intel is one of the top three semiconductor manufacturers in the world. If a company wants to practice the sound engineering principle of second sourcing they are a top choice.
> Please, please, please let it be Apple's main processors.
TSMC has a high volume process lead over Intel. Apple will probably use Intel for older CPUs going into lower end machines and devices.
Plus, CPUs are not the only chips that Apple needs. Not all chips need the latest process.
Finally, TSMC is heavily in demand so moving some of Apple's lower end orders to Intel help to make sure
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>> How great is it that Trump requires Apple to do business with Intel
> Intel is one of the top three semiconductor manufacturers in the world. If a company wants to practice the sound engineering principle of second sourcing they are a top choice.
It's a good idea in principle. If Intel can actually catch up. Otherwise, it will be like the cellular modems, where Apple second-sourced from Intel, and the product was crap, so some devices had noticeably degraded performance compared with the ones that contained Qualcomm radios.
>> Please, please, please let it be Apple's main processors.
> TSMC has a high volume process lead over Intel. Apple will probably use Intel for older CPUs going into lower end machines and devices.
Except that they would have to presumably reengineer the old silicon for Intel's process, which kind of defeats the purpose of reusing old designs to save money, I would think.
> Plus, CPUs are not the only chips that Apple needs. Not all chips need the latest process.
I think you're on the right track with that one. Ap
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>> Intel is one of the top three semiconductor manufacturers in the world. If a company wants to practice the sound engineering principle of second sourcing they are a top choice.
> It's a good idea in principle. If Intel can actually catch up.
. I think Apple is using a 3 nm process for the Xeon 6. I am not suggesting that they have the manufacturing capacity at 3nm that Apple would need today.
Re: Second sourcing, multiple suppliers, etc. (Score:2)
Power budget is all that really matters on the watch as everything is translated into that. You are allocated x amount of power swappable in a certain way and thatâ(TM)s it. Battery life is everything so anything that improves it or allows algorithms to run more often (the optical hardware consumes a fair amount) is a good thing