Apple is sourcing an important system component, the Apple A9 system-on-a-chip, from both Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor…
Tag: Chipgate
How to find out if your iPhone 6s or 6s Plus has the good TSMC or crappy Samsung chip
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
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
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’
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?
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…
