Report: Apple squeezing Samsung and TSMC for last-minute price cuts on A9 chips
A new report suggests that Apple is playing A9 chip makers Samsung and TSMC against one another in the lead up to…
A new report suggests that Apple is playing A9 chip makers Samsung and TSMC against one another in the lead up to…
The Korea Times today reports that Apple is in negotiations with Samsung to have the company supply the flash memory…
Korea Times is claiming that a deal has been struck with Apple for Samsung to supply 80% of the chips…
Production by Samsung of the A9 chip destined for next year’s iPhones and iPads is underway, according to a report…
According to Chipworks, there are actually two different sized A9 processors floating around in the iPhone 6s and 6s plus…
The WSJ reports that Foxconn and the world’s largest chip assembler, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), are fighting for control of the number…
With the recent revelation that Apple had (not unexpectedly) sourced the A9 processor in the iPhone 6s from two different…
After some debate over whether the difference between iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus models made with Samsung or TSMC…
We’ve heard and read a lot about Apple going with two different manufacturers for the A9 chip in its iPhone…
In a new report from KGI’s Ming-Chi Kuo, the usually accurate analyst estimates that global pre-orders for the Apple Watch…
Bloomberg reports that Samsung has signed on to provide A9 chips to Apple for the next-generation iPhone. Apple moved to Taiwan…
In a new report by Bloomberg, Samsung apparently has created an independent group of about 200 people that work solely on screens for…
Korean news site MK Business News (via Reuters) is reporting that Samsung will make 75% of the A9 chip for the next iPhone….
A product teardown of both the new 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus devices last week confirmed earlier…
At a press conference, ZDNet says that Samsung president of the company’s semiconductor arm is looking forward to reversing its profit forecasts when it…
A KGI report predicts that Apple will begin using its own processors for Macs “in the next 1-2 years,” with…
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has finally escaped Samsung’s grasp of iOS device CPU production. Although Samsung lost exclusivity last…
A report from DigiTimes claims that Samsung has received orders from Apple for chips made using its new 14nm process,…
According to a report from South Korean news outlet The Electronic Times, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, better known as…
Apple chipmaker TSMC said that the earthquake that hit southern Taiwan earlier this month caused damage that will impact production,…
The court battles between the two companies doesn’t seem to have harmed Samsung’s position as a key supplier of components…
Samsung has been having some issues lately, reporting falling profits in the most recent quarter. Although most of this is due to shrinking growth…
We’re still just over two weeks away from the anticipated iPhone 6 event reportedly scheduled for September 9th where Apple is…
Pegatron, which currently makes the iPhone 5c and iPad mini, is said to be gearing up to make around half…