Apple Inc. Dodged a Serious Bullet

There used to be a lot of speculation that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) would one day move at least some of its A-series applications processor production to Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). Apple originally relied on Samsung (NASDAQOTH: SSNLF) to build its custom-designed chips, but has, in recent product generations, moved over to contract chip-manufacturing specialist Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM).

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Indeed, TSMC manufactures Apple's current A10 Fusion chip and is expected to manufacture Apple's upcoming A11 Fusion chip, as well.

Source: Fool.com