Are the incentive structures wrong in the middle layer between supply and demand? Typically, the hiring process is a bureaucratic PITA. In an ideal world the process is like Tesla's. One page. Three detail entry fields to fill. Reply in three days.
The money will go where the innovative flywheel is. Both ARM and Apple have indulged in expensive wall and glass architecture which is not core to their being in business. Apple has an open source page.
Ford or GM sell vehicles with engines taylored to customer needs. Given the volumes of chips Apple ships to the end customer, why can't they offer 6 kinds of chip architecture like the choice in colored metal finish? Why does it have to be one chip's ISA one generation at a time?