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Apple silicon is actually getting made in the US. Watch!apple silicon arizona video1 month ago
Published February 24, 2026 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Apple silicon is actually getting made in the US. Watch!

"WSJ reporter Rolfe Winkler visited several of the company’s suppliers including TSMC, ASML and Foxconn in the Southwest."

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Ben Thompson: Apple's got the TSMC bluesapple stratechery tsmc blues2 months ago
Published February 4, 2026 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Ben Thompson: Apple's got the TSMC blues

"Apple has been the king of the supply chain for so long now, it will be fascinating to see how the company handles having to fight for supply instead of dictating terms."

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Apple's got plenty of memory chips. What it lacks is access to the best foundries.apple SOC WSJ memory2 months ago
Published January 31, 2026 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Apple's got plenty of memory chips. What it lacks is access to the best foundries.

The Wall Street Journal's headline — and Mr. Market — got it wrong.

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Tim Culpan: Apple can't get all the TLC from TSMC it needsapple tsmc nvidia3 months ago
Published January 15, 2026 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Tim Culpan: Apple can't get all the TLC from TSMC it needs

Apple, which once held a dominant position on TSMC’s customer list, now needs to fight for production capacity.

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What China learned from Trump's 'decapitation' of Venezuelaapple taiwan china venezuela3 months ago
Published January 10, 2026 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

What China learned from Trump's 'decapitation' of Venezuela

Mainland Chinese military magazine warns of ‘threat’ posed by island’s asymmetric warfare plan and calls for multipronged response.

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SemiAnalysis: How Apple made TSMC, and vice versaapple tsmc semianaysis3 months ago
Published January 8, 2026 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

SemiAnalysis: How Apple made TSMC, and vice versa

"The juggernaut partnership has propelled both companies to new heights, put competitors in the dust, and fueled the chipmaking industry."

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Apple's go-to chipmaker raises its guidance — againapple tsmc guidance again6 months ago
Published October 16, 2025 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Apple's go-to chipmaker raises its guidance — again

"The outlook hike was striking given Taiwan’s biggest company last raised its guidance just three months ago, igniting a rally that’s tacked on more than $260 billion to its market value."

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Computerworld's Jonny Evans: Apple Silicon is on a rollapple silicon jonny evans6 months ago
Published October 13, 2025 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Computerworld's Jonny Evans: Apple Silicon is on a roll

"It comes down to high computational performance with low energy consumption."

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Apple silicon fab investing billions in U.S. chip factoriesapple tsmc us billions1 year ago
Published March 3, 2025 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Apple silicon fab investing billions in U.S. chip factories

From Stephanie Lai and Debby Wu's "TSMC Poised to Announce $100 Billion Investment in US Plants" posted Monday by Bloomberg.

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Sam Altman's $7 trillion AI datacenter scheme gets pannedapple altman 7billion TSMC2 years ago
Published September 27, 2024 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Sam Altman's $7 trillion AI datacenter scheme gets panned

"TSMC’s executives found the idea so absurd that they took to calling Mr. Altman a 'podcasting bro,' one of these people said."

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt has been covering Apple since 1983 — mostly for Time Magazine (28 years), later for Fortune (9 years), where he wrote a daily blog called Apple 2.0. [Read more.]

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