Apple puts a $30bn US-manufacturing flag on its Broadcom chip deal
THE SO WHAT
Apple’s more than $30 billion multi-year Broadcom deal—over 15 billion US-made chips—is a clear bet on domestic RF and connectivity supply. Hardware teams should read this as validation that onshore capacity is bankable again and revisit their own geographic concentration risk.
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