That's what OP was saying, I think, noting that running them locally won't be a solution.
replyAlso Chinese smartphones. Huawei was about 12-18 months from becoming the biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world a few years ago. If it would have been allowed to sell its phones freely in the US I'm fairly sure Apple would have been closer to Nokia than to current day Apple.
replyIf Huawei was never banned from using TSMC, they'd likely have a real Nvidia competitor and may have surpassed Apple in mobile chip designs.
replyThey actually beat Apple A series to become the first phone to use the TSMC N7 node.