“Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co has started producing chips for Apple’s next iPhone, a report said Wednesday, as speculation swirls that the US firm could be offloading rival Samsung as a supplier,” Agence France-Presse reports. “The world’s leading contract microchip maker last month started producing the A8 chip, which is tipped to power the expected iPhone 6, the Commercial Times reported.”
“The report, which cited supply chain sources, said TSMC had won most of the manufacturing orders for logic and power management integrated chips for the new handset,” AFP reports. “The Commercial Times forecast the new phone, which will likely have a 4.7-inch screen, would hit the shops early in the third quarter.”
“Taipei-based website TechNews has claimed TSMC will now become the sole manufacturer of the A8 chips,” AFP reports. “‘This is another sign Apple has been shifting more orders away from Samsung,’ an analyst at a foreign company in Taipei told AFP on condition of anonimity. ‘But how far Apple may push remains to be seen. It could be up to how much the Samsung-made parts and components could be replaced by those of other suppliers.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: Convicted patent infringer Samsung should’ve been cut out like a cancer long before now, but, if this is finally true, better late than never!
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