Samsung and Apple reportedly looking to acquire Intel, what it means for you

As smartphone manufacturers continue to insist upon slimmer phones which are still faster than their predecessors the importance of chipset thickness becomes paramount. Which is why it’s not surprising that reports from inside the industry allege that both Apple and Samsung have now set their sights on Intel.Current modern smartphones, at least the flagships, are using 3 nm chipsets. If manufacturers like Apple and Samsung wish to retain modern smartphone slimness while gaining performance increases they need even smaller chipsets. While the average consumer probably couldn’t care less, there is a battle being fought behind the scenes.

Apple, for example, has reportedly hoarded all of TSMC’s (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) 2 nm chip supply for the foreseeable future. Samsung, on the other hand, is trying to make its own 1.4 nm chipsets by 2027, which it is having lots of difficulty doing.

Reports claim that even the iPhone 17 won’t have 2 nm chipsets, meaning that the industry is taking its sweet time getting to that point. Samsung, meanwhile, has had to abandon Exynos for the upcoming Galaxy S25 phones because of yield rates as low as 10 percent.