Earlier this year, Apple announced that the company will be adopting its own ARM-powered Apple Silicon to power the upcoming MacBooks. While it has not yet confirmed the launch date, the company has said that the new laptops powered by its own chipset are coming later this year.
Now, as per the report from Bloomberg, Apple has been lobbying the United States government for tax breaks as the company aims to boost chip production domestically. The company has also suggested that it is keen to move more of its supply chain to the U.S.
In the disclosure reports for the second and third quarters of this year, Apple revealed that it lobbied officials from the U.S. Treasury Department, U.S. Congress, and the White House. The lobbying efforts, as revealed through the reports, are related to tax topics, including “issues related to tax credits for domestic semiconductor production.”
Apple has been designing its own chipsets for years but outsources its manufacturing to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). Also, several parts of Apple devices are manufactured in China.
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With the US-China trade tensions rising, the company has been trying to reduce its dependence on China as much as possible. Some of the suppliers and contract manufacturers of Apple are also moving their production outside of China.
Apple’s chipset manufacturer, TSMC has also announced that the company will be spending around $12 billion to set up a new chip production plant in Arizona, U.S. It is also lobbying the government for tax breaks.
As for the upcoming ARM-based Apple Silicon-powered MacBook laptops, while the company has not yet revealed the launch date, recent reports claim that Apple is all set to launch the new devices on 17th November and the official announcement of the same could take place sometime around 10th November.
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