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		alberth 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI and Nvidia announce partnership to deploy 1... I thought Apple gets exclusive access to the latest node for the first 1-2 years. Is that not the case?

aurareturn 26 days ago [–]

No. That's not the case. Maybe for a few months only.

alberth 25 days ago | [–]

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't TSMC launch N3 in 2022, and still only Apple uses this latest/smallest node.

Both AMD and NVIDIA are using N4.

aurareturn 24 days ago | | [–]

Apple, Mediatek, Qualcomm, Intel

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