Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions more U.S. chips(apple.com)
289 points by soheilpro 1 day ago | 229 comments
tl;dr: Apple announced a multiyear deal with Broadcom worth over $30 billion to design and produce custom silicon and wireless connectivity components in the U.S. The agreement will yield more than 15 billion American-made chips and support hundreds of jobs, as part of Apple's broader push to build a domestic end-to-end silicon supply chain.
HN Discussion:
  • Technical clarification about FBAR filter technology being referenced in the deal
  • Questioning whether tariff-driven reshoring is actually worth the increased costs
  • Deal is lip service, not real domestic silicon supply chain as claimed
  • $30B for only hundreds of jobs is unimpressive and not worth bragging about
  • This is a rehash of a 2023 announcement, not genuinely new news