Samsung Back Becoming Main Supplier Chip Apple A9 - Although it had fallen and continue to compete in the smartphone market, Samsung and Apple continue to have a mutually beneficial business relationship. According to the latest news, Apple still trust Samsung to manufacture Apple A9 chips will be used in upcoming Apple products.
Information obtained at Re / code of the person who knows about the situation. According to sources, Apple chose the Samsung because Samsung has a 14nm manufacturing technology, a notch above that TSMC is still wearing a 20 nanometer manufacturing technology.
Apple had turned to TSMC while allowing the processor to the iPhone 6. Nevertheless Apple again turning to Samsung for more advanced fabrication technologies. Samsung fabrication technology also makes Qualcomm depressed because Samsung seems to prefer homemade produce Exynos chip than the Qualcomm chip to be brain upscale smartphone Samsung. Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 own manufactured by TSMC factory.
To make advanced fabrication facilities, Samsung has invested 21.4 billion dollars. Such investments could increase the production capacity of semiconductor and display made by Samsung in 2014 and will continue to grow in 2015. Samsung is known also have a semiconductor factory in Austin, Texas, and last year had a partnership with GlobalFoundries to build a manufacturing facility with 14-nanometer process to Saratoga Springs, New York.
The Samsung and Apple did not comment on this latest news. However, in October 2014, the president and general manager of Samsung semiconductor business stated that the advantages of Samsung is expected to continue to increase as the company began supplying chips from 14-nanometer production facility ..
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