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    "Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today said",
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    "Report: Intel is Testing Production of Some iPhone, iPad, and Mac Chips",
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  "textContent": "TSMC has been the exclusive supplier of Apple's systems-on-a-chip since 2016, but that 10-year streak could be nearing its end.\n\n\nApple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today said that Intel has \"kicked off\" small-scale testing of lower-end iPhone, iPad, and Mac chip fabrication, with production expected to ramp up throughout 2027 and 2028. Kuo did not indicate exactly which of Apple's A-series and/or M-series chips would be manufactured by Intel.\n\nApple is utilizing Intel's 18A process for these chips, and it is evaluating Intel's other advanced-node technologies, according to Kuo.\n\nBy sourcing chips from two suppliers, Apple can negotiate lower costs and bolster supply. In this case, Apple rekindling a partnership with Intel could win it favor with the Trump administration, which wants more U.S. manufacturing. However, Kuo said Taiwan's TSMC will remain responsible for more than 90% of Apple's chip supply.\n\nThere is no indication that Intel would play a role in designing the iPhone chips, with its involvement expected to be strictly limited to fabrication. That would differ from the era of Intel Macs, which used Intel-designed processors with x86 architecture. Apple began transitioning away from Intel processors in Macs in 2020.\n\nAll in all, these would be Apple-designed chips manufactured by Intel in the U.S., for use in some lower-end iPhone, iPad, and Mac models.\n\nApple's potential return to Intel has been reported by numerous sources by this point, but an official announcement has still yet to be made.\n\nTags: Intel, Ming-Chi Kuo\n\n\nThis article, \"Report: Intel is Testing Production of Some iPhone, iPad, and Mac Chips\" first appeared on MacRumors.com\n\nDiscuss this article in our forums\n\n",
  "title": "Report: Intel is Testing Production of Some iPhone, iPad, and Mac Chips"
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