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…
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…
A trio of new rumors from a handful of Asian sources have popped up over the holiday and today, each…
According to Chipworks, there are actually two different sized A9 processors floating around in the iPhone 6s and 6s plus…
Bloomberg reports that Samsung has signed on to provide A9 chips to Apple for the next-generation iPhone. Apple moved to Taiwan…
Apple chipmaker TSMC and chip designer ARM have announced that they will work together to create a 7nm FinFET process…
Korean news site MK Business News (via Reuters) is reporting that Samsung will make 75% of the A9 chip for the next iPhone….
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,…
Apple chipmaker TSMC said that the earthquake that hit southern Taiwan earlier this month caused damage that will impact production,…
According to cecb2b, TSMC is already in the midst of fingerprint sensor production for the next round of Apple devices….
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…
You know the drill: Digitimes, grain, salt. Today Digitimes re-reports that delays at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) could slow the release of the iPhone…
Oh, Digitimes. This is the 4th year in a row that you’ve reported that Apple would be moving its chip…
Image via iFixit Two new reports out today are offering a bit of early insight into what to expect from…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has been contracted by Apple to soon manufacture A6X chips, according to a report from Taiwan-based…
Just before we heard Apple was not using an ARM-designed processor and instead its first custom CPU design for the…
Chinese Economic News Service (via MacRumors) is citing Citigroup Global Markets analyst J.T. Hsu today as claiming Apple will make…
Samsung, a producer of critical parts for Apple’s gadgets, may be on the verge of suffering another financial blow from…
Floorplan comparison: Apple’s A4 chip (left) and the latest A5 processor (right) Reverse engineering wizards over at Chipworks put the…