Comment by divbzero

Note that the $1B figure in the headline comes from a different article [1] which references a podcast [2] where analyst Jay Goldberg estimates that the tape-out costs would have reached $1B for the M3.

[1]: https://wccftech.com/m3-tape-out-costs-alone-cost-apple-1-bi...

[2]: https://d2d.substack.com/podcast