Re: Err.....
Of course chip prices went up, Apple has needed to buy more every year since they sell more iPhones.
If you think they just added $1 billion to an already contractually agreed upon rate to recover the cost of the suit, you don't understand much about contract law. If they raised prices much Apple would simply go to another foundry such as TSMC or GF - certainly they couldn't get away with anything like a $1 billion price increase in a new contract without sending Apple packing and getting nothing from them and having tons of unused capacity in their fabs.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
