Comment by insaneirish

> Why do you say that?

Mainly because Apple's custom silicon could not even be prototyped in a small scale facility. It'd likely be in Taiwan.

> But there are multiple reports, some from Apple employees, that refer to it as a being some sort of small scale, "skunkworks" silicon fab.

I apologize if I missed them. Please highlight. Curious of the credentials of the folks reporting such a thing, as well.