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Tag: Chipgate

Samsung vs. TSMC: Comparing the battery life of two Apple A9 processors

Monday, October 12, 2015 5:30 pmMonday, October 12, 201534 Comments

Apple is sourcing an important system component, the Apple A9 system-on-a-chip, from both Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor…

How to find out if your iPhone 6s or 6s Plus has the good TSMC or crappy Samsung chip

Friday, October 9, 2015 3:45 pm35 Comments

Reports and videos floating around the Internet seem to indicate that there might be a significant battery life difference…

Analyzing Apple’s statement on TSMC- and Samsung-stamped A9 chips

Friday, October 9, 2015 11:22 amFriday, October 9, 201538 Comments

Since we first learned that the A9 SoC in Apple’s iPhone 6s lineup is dual sourced…

Apple may have made a huge mistake in having Samsung stamp inferior A9 chips

Friday, October 9, 2015 10:03 amFriday, October 9, 201528 Comments

Apple’s A9 is manufactured in TSMC’s 16-nanometer FinFET Plus manufacturing process while the other is built in a Samsung 14-nanometer process…

Apple claims iPhone 6s/Plus’ A9 battery performance only varies 2-3% between TSMC and Samsung variants in ‘real-world usage’

Thursday, October 8, 2015 5:19 pmThursday, October 8, 201524 Comments

Apple has addressed the spate of chatter about differences in performance between A9 chips…


Chipgate: Did you get the good A9 or the crap A9 in your iPhone 6s/Plus?

Thursday, October 8, 2015 4:16 pmThursday, October 8, 201562 Comments

With the release of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, it has come to light that Apple is splitting the manufacture of its A9 processor…

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