Apple miscalculated…

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This week the MacBook Neo is so popular it causes a chip shortage, Elon Musk’s Terafab chip fab for Tesla and SpaceX is built by Intel, and Samsung’s chip business becomes so profitable their mobile business now struggles.

Episode 296

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MacBook Neo chip shortage: https://www.culpium.com/p/apple-in-talks-to-boost-mac-neo-production
Intel x Elon Musk’s Terafab: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/intel-join-musks-terafab-mega-ai-chip-project-2026-04-07/
Samsung 8x profits: https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsungs-q1-2026-profit-8x-ai-data-centre-boom/
Samsung’s phone business struggles: https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-may-end-up-losing-money-on-its-mobile-devices-this-year/

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Music by Edemski: https://soundcloud.com/edemski

Stock assets: Getty Images

0:00 Intro
0:19 MacBook Neo chip shortage
1:46 Elon’s chip fab with Intel
3:30 Samsung is TOO profitable
4:23 Stonks / Not Stonks
5:14 Release Monitor
6:10 The Brief

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