On: Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020...

[masklinn]

> If they wanted to go x86 they would just buy VIA?

In theory, but then VIA is a subsidiary of Formosa Plastics Group, so they'd need to either negotiate the sale with an entity with which they've locked horns in the past or buy an entire petrochemical group???

They'd probably have an easier time buying AMD.

[jononor → masklinn]

Right, same group that owns HTC. They did have some big-ish lawsuits going with Apple some years back. So maybe not that easy, in practice.

[bitL → masklinn]

Money don't smell to them, memory in the business world is short if the price is right.