@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 3 months agoApple's mobile chips are now made in the U.S. — TSMC produces the older A16 Bionic at its Arizona fabwww.tomshardware.commessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1377cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoN00b question. Do these chips get transferred from USA to India/Vietnam for assembly and then back again to all over the world for shipping?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-23 months agoThey may. But logistically I can’t see it being a problem. Each CPU is like 10mmx10mmx1mm. You could fit a TON in a 1m^3 box.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoIdeally 100,000 if my math is correct. Just be careful as there is no packing material except for the box itself.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoHmm. Perhaps we’d come to a point where these facilities are on all continents to reduce ecological impact, but I guess Apple isn’t that green.
N00b question. Do these chips get transferred from USA to India/Vietnam for assembly and then back again to all over the world for shipping?
They may. But logistically I can’t see it being a problem. Each CPU is like 10mmx10mmx1mm. You could fit a TON in a 1m^3 box.
Ideally 100,000 if my math is correct. Just be careful as there is no packing material except for the box itself.
Hmm. Perhaps we’d come to a point where these facilities are on all continents to reduce ecological impact, but I guess Apple isn’t that green.