Apple turning to Intel for chips, as Washington announced last week, has the neat logic of necessity meeting ambition. A deal - which neither ‌company has formally announced - would pair Intel's effort to rebuild its credibility as a contract chipmaker with Apple's search for more manufacturing capacity, as its supplier TSMC struggles to meet surging AI chip ​demand from the likes of Nvidia. Supply constraints at the contract manufacturer have held back iPhone sales, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in April.