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Tag: chip fab

Apple just delivered another blow to Samsung

Tuesday, July 15, 2014 1:29 pmTuesday, July 15, 201418 Comments

Apple made yet another move this week…

Samsung/Globalfoundries, TSMC fight to land Apple A9 processor orders

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 8:56 am9 Comments

The Samsung Electronics and Globalfoundries team reportedly…

As Apple slowly weans itself off Samsung parts, new iPhone drives a wedge between Korea and Taiwan

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 9:27 am26 Comments

Apple has long accused Samsung, its contractor, of copying its designs…

Samsung, Globalfoundries team up in challenge to TSMC

Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:07 pm17 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co. and Globalfoundries Inc. are teaming up…

TSMC targets record revenue as high-end smartphones demand more chips

Thursday, April 17, 2014 3:58 pmThursday, April 17, 20141 Comment

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd. targets record revenue…

Bluefin: TSMC pushing forward on 20nm Apple A-series processors for next-gen iPhones, iPads

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 5:37 pm12 Comments

Apple‘s path from Samsung Electronics to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing…

TSMC capacity booked to the end of 3Q14

Friday, April 4, 2014 1:27 pmFriday, April 4, 20142 Comments

The production capacity of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company…

As Apple cuts out patent infringer Samsung, Korean copier plans to reduce U.S. chip production

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 11:31 amWednesday, March 26, 201411 Comments

Samsung Electronics plans to reduce processor chip production and investment…

Apple to dump Samsung, work with Intel on future 10nm A-series processors?

Friday, February 14, 2014 1:29 pmFriday, February 14, 201424 Comments

Apple and Intel could possibly work together on a future 10 nm processor…

TSMC to produce Touch ID sensors for next-gen iPhone, 20nm Apple A-series chips

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 8:56 amTuesday, January 14, 20143 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will begin producing…

Samsung to use GlobalFoundries for ‘flex capacity,’ sources say

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 10:53 am7 Comments

Samsung will still be the primary manufacturer of Apple’s chips for the iPhone and iPad…

GlobalFoundries to produce Apple A-series chips in Upstate New York fab

Monday, November 11, 2013 6:39 pm23 Comments

GlobalFoundries is preparing to make chips for Apple’s iPhone and iPad…

Will Intel help Apple finally dump Samsung?

Sunday, November 3, 2013 12:00 pmSunday, November 3, 201346 Comments

Chip giant Intel badly needs to find a new growth driver…

Samsung to stamp out 30-40% of Apple’s next-gen ‘A8’ chips, South Korean report claims

Tuesday, October 1, 2013 8:55 amTuesday, October 1, 201322 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will handle the majority…

TSMC on track to stamp out Apple’s 20nm A8 chips in 2014

Thursday, September 26, 2013 5:31 pmThursday, September 26, 201310 Comments

Apple’s A8 is scheduled to shift to a 20nm processor in 2014…

Is Apple using Intel to fabricate their 64-bit A7 processors?

Monday, September 16, 2013 10:30 amMonday, September 16, 201327 Comments

To get 1 billion transistors on a 102 sq. mm chip would require…

RUMOR: Apple buys Taiwan fab to stamp its own chips

Saturday, July 13, 2013 9:37 pmSaturday, July 13, 201383 Comments

Despite all that talk that Apple is striking a deal with TSMC…

Apple exploring U.S.-based chipmaking deal with Globalfoundries

Saturday, July 13, 2013 12:00 pmSaturday, July 13, 201328 Comments

Apple is exploring a possible deal with chipmaker Globalfoundries…

Apple buys into chip fab, plans to build its own silicon, report claims

Friday, July 12, 2013 1:15 pmFriday, July 12, 201311 Comments

Apple may move beyond designing silicon and actually build its own mobile chips…

Apple to buy chips from TSMC as it attempts to extricate itself from dependency on Samsung

Monday, July 1, 2013 5:16 pm34 Comments

In the past year, Apple executives have expressed concern that their dependence on Samsung…

TSMC wins three-year deal to supply Apple with A8, A9, and A9X chips, say sources

Monday, June 24, 2013 11:01 amMonday, June 24, 20134 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and…

Intel board names Brian Krzanich as CEO to succeed Paul Otellini on May 16

Thursday, May 2, 2013 5:31 pmThursday, May 2, 201311 Comments

Intel Corporation announced today that the board of directors

Should Apple buy Intel?

Monday, April 29, 2013 1:01 pmMonday, April 29, 201330 Comments

Getting rid of Samsung as a processor supplier and, at the same time…

Apple dumps Samsung from ‘A7’ chip development project

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 11:32 amWednesday, April 10, 201348 Comments

The chasm between Samsung Electronics and Apple is expected to widen further…

All not so rosy on the Samsung front

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 11:01 amTuesday, April 2, 201327 Comments

By this time next year things could get much worse for Samsung…

TSMC to fabricate Apple’s forthcoming A7 processor, sources say

Thursday, March 14, 2013 8:38 amThursday, March 14, 201311 Comments

Commercial shipments are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2014…

Apple suppliers Hon Hai, TSMC to add 5,000 jobs each

Monday, March 11, 2013 8:30 am8 Comments

TSMC, the world’s top contract chip maker and Apple Inc supplier Hon Hai…

Next Intel CEO to guide new business, maybe deal to stamp out Apple processors

Thursday, March 7, 2013 8:32 am12 Comments

Intel’s next CEO is likely to shepherd the top chipmaker into…

TSMC CEO comments signal massive next-gen Apple A-series chip orders

Saturday, January 19, 2013 12:01 pm39 Comments

Chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Morris Chang…

As Apple finally begins to bail, Samsung looks to sell chips and displays to Chinese, other emerging phone makers

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 9:28 pmWednesday, January 9, 201336 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co is looking to supply chips to more Chinese and other…

Apple moves A6X processor production from Samsung to TSMC; trials begin this quarter

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 9:58 amFriday, January 4, 201316 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has been contracted by Apple…

With billions at stake, Oregon dukes it out with New York over Apple’s massive ‘Project Azalea’ chip fab

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:52 amWednesday, December 19, 20125 Comments

Officials in New York have been actively pursuing…

Tim Bajarin’s tech industry predictions for 2013 include hybrid Mac+iPad

Friday, December 14, 2012 7:31 pmSaturday, December 15, 201217 Comments

I have been doing this for 23 years and over that time have I have had a reasonable level of success…

Apple rumors bloom near Malta, NY: New speculation centers on GlobalFoundries as Cupertino’s chip maker

Friday, December 14, 2012 12:44 pm4 Comments

There is no reason GlobalFoundries couldn’t be the company that Apple wants…

Apple’s processor fab shift from Samsung to TSMC stokes capacity concerns in semiconductor industry

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 9:53 amWednesday, November 28, 201216 Comments

TSMC will start producing chips for Apple’s next iOS devices in 2013…

Samsung: We did not raise chip fab prices on Apple

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 1:57 pm19 Comments

A Samsung Electronics official has denied reports…

Apple gets serious about reducing, eliminating orders from Samsung

Monday, October 15, 2012 8:30 amMonday, October 15, 201239 Comments

Samsung Electronics and Apple have been technology’s oddest bedfellows

Apple’s custom A6 processor the result of years of effort, including a $500 million chip development program

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:00 amTuesday, September 18, 201246 Comments

Apple’s A6 processor is the result of years of effort that has its roots in Apple’s…

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