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		dwighttk on April 2, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020... Apple's Cash (77B) is about 1/3 of Intel's Market Cap (224B), maybe they could just buy Intel.

partiallypro on April 2, 2018 | [–]

Good luck getting that by antitrust laws.

bproven on April 2, 2018 | [–]

Buying AMD is an option if they really need x86... either short term or long term.

neolefty on April 2, 2018 | [–]

Unfortunately AMD's licensing deals with Intel terminate if AMD is purchased.

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