A report earlier this week said that Apple was considering diversifying chip manufacturing away from its current sole dependence on TSMC . Sam sung was one of two companies named as potential future suppliers of Apple’s A-series and M-series chips, and that report saw the company’s share price rise significantly … Monday’s Bloomberg report said that Apple had been in early-stage talks with both Intel and Samsung regarding future production of processors for its devices. We observed that any such partnerships are likely to be limited . At this point, the most likely scenario is that the two companies would only be able to make larger-process chips for the older devices in Apple’s product line-up – similar to the less advanced TSMC equipment installed in the Arizona plants. That would certainly be a useful capability for Apple to have, but it would still leave the company entirely dependent on TSMC for its latest devices.…