Apple always strives for complete vertical integration. SJ loved to quote Alan K...

		nntwozz 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: macOS 26.2 enables fast AI clusters with RDMA over... Apple always strives for complete vertical integration. SJ loved to quote Alan Kay: "People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware." Qualcomm are the latest on the chopping block, history repeating itself. If I were a betting man I'd say Apple's never going back.

Yeah outside of TSMC, I don’t see them ever going back to having a hardware partner.