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Samsung being cut out of A7 chip production, report says

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:39:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1358568342_TSMC-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Korea Times. "Apple is sharing confidential data for its next A7 system-on-chip (SoC) with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)," the person is quoted as say...]]>

TSMC to build iPhone 6 chips after Samsung contract ends, report says

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:51:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1209/Apple-iPhone5-corner-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Economic Daily News. Samsung has so far been responsible for producing all of Apple's A-series processors, at a facility in Austin, Texas. The two companies have become increasingly hostile towards each other howeve...]]>

ARM, TSMC tape out first ARM Cortex-A57, next-gen mobile CPU

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:46:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1303/arm-a57-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />jointly announced that they have collaborated on the first tape out of ARM's DigiTimes. The sources say that TSMC is expanding its production capacity at Tainan Science Park in Taiwan with a total investment of $16.87 billion, and plans to use some of the extra capacity...]]>

Apple suppliers suffer terrible February, but now hiring

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:20:00 GMT

New Apple TV shows second die shrink of A5 chip, now 28nm

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:56:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1303/apple-tv-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />recent update of the Apple TV has revealed a second die-shrink for its A5 processor, reports Macrumors. A new version of the Apple TV (A1469) was

Rumor has low-cost iPhone using Qualcomm Snapdragon

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:30:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1209/Apple-iPhone5-corner-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />China Times. The move would be unusual, since Apple currently relies on its own A-series processors for iOS devices, which are produced at a Samsung facility in Texas. The

TSMC contracted to build A6X chips, report claims

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:15:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1211/apple-a6x-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Commercial Times. The A6X is used in the fourth-generation iPad, and to date has been manufactured by Samsung. A TSMC version of the processor is a chip factory under consideration by an Apple supplier, says The Oregonian. Oregon's economic development agency, Business ...]]>

New York governor hints at Apple link to new chip factory

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:31:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1211/apple-a6x-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Times Union reports. The factory was recently proposed to economic development officials in the state, but the company or companies behind the deal have been kept quiet. Apple's name has been speculated, b...]]>