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Reminds me of Intel. Back in the day they had a huge contract with Panasonic to supply flash chips. And then they decided to renege on it. Panasonic put Intel on their banned suppliers list.

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How does that work when I can still get a new Intel-based Durabook and AFAIK that line has been ongoing without any discontinuity.

Are you maybe thinking of the Panasonic (Japan) Toughbook? I don't think the Durabook (Taiwan) brand has anything to do with Panasonic?

Also that was 20 years ago and I could misremember. Or the two might have made up.

they still sell toughbooks with intel chips [1] currently. can you confirm the validity of your statement?

[1] https://business.panasonic.nl/mobile-solutions/rugged-laptop...

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