TSMC Founder Reveals Why Apple Chose Them Over Intel as Custom Chip Supplier

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TSMC founder Morris Chang has revealed that Apple CEO Tim Cook rejected Intel as an iPhone chip manufacturing partner in 2011, and told him that "Intel just does not know how to be a foundry".

In a new YouTube interview with Acquired, Chang recounts how Apple briefly paused discussions with TSMC in February 2011 when Intel's CEO approached Cook about manufacturing Apple's iPhone chips.

According to Chang, Cook's decisive comment about Intel's foundry capabilities came during a private meeting at Apple's headquarters in March 2011.

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Author / Journalist: Tim Hardwick

Category: Technology

Markets: United StatesTaiwan

Topics: TSMC Intel

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Published On: 2025-01-30 @ 01:54:50 (1 days ago)

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