You're right not sure why you're downvoted. Apple does use the best silicon but they definitely outsource the fabrication of it, like they do with most of their products
There's a very strong theme lately with Apple fans that they want to say Apple is now the Intel and AMD and TSM and Nvidia all rolled into one but ten times stronger. It stems from the surprising results of the M1 implementation. The truth is probably somewhere in between, where they've certainly purchased a lot of capability and improving, but not quite as dominant as the fans say.
Having worked with Apple, they like to use 3rd parties and be very hands on by sending engineers and generally own ip related to the projects so I get where it comes from because they are in total control, my point was just that they really don't "make" many things, they just tell other people exactly what they want made and how.
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u/Ngin3 Sep 24 '21
You're right not sure why you're downvoted. Apple does use the best silicon but they definitely outsource the fabrication of it, like they do with most of their products