Apple Explores Intel and Samsung as TSMC Backup

Apple is looking for a new chipmaker, and that may be a good thing for the tech industry. [music] The company has long been dependent on TSMC to manufacture the semiconductors that power its iPhones, its iPads, and its Macs, but it has now held preliminary talks with Intel and Samsung to see if they can step in as additional producers of the made to order chips in the United States. Apple executives have made visits to a Samsung plant under development in Texas, though neither effort has resulted in any con ...