“Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities issued a note to investors on Wednesday, a copy of which was obtained by AppleInsider, revealing that Apple has apparently made what he called a ‘last-minute decision to recruit TSMC,'” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider.
“Apple is said to have called an audible after partner GlobalFoundries continued to experience poor yield rates on production of the next-generation CPU,” Hughes reports. “Specifically, GlobalFoundries’ ‘A9’ chip yield rate is said to currently be at about 30 percent yield rate, which is well below what Kuo said is a mass-production ‘basic requirement’ of 50 percent.”
Hughes reports, “Multiple reports have indicated that Samsung will build the majority of ‘A9’ processors for Apple’s next-generation iPhone.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Who’s stamping out Apple A9 SoCs and at what percentages changes seemingly by the minute.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Lynn Weiler” and “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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