Tag: FinFET

Why the iPad Pro’s Apple A9X processor is so fast

Friday, December 4, 2015 2:00 pmFriday, December 4, 20154 Comments

Apple’s A9X processor in the iPad Pro is powerful, rivaling the performance you’d get from a notebook computer…

GlobalFoundries to make next-gen Apple chips in Malta, New York

Saturday, April 4, 2015 5:12 pm12 Comments

Apple has awarded the contract for its next-generation A9 chips…

Samsung and GlobalFoundries reportedly win majority of Apple A9 chip orders

Friday, January 16, 2015 10:25 amFriday, January 16, 20156 Comments

Samsung Electronics and Globalfoundries have secured…

TSMC overtakes Samsung in FinFET, confident they will land Apple A9 orders

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 9:28 amTuesday, October 7, 20141 Comment

TSMC, which has more than half the global foundry business, has overtaken Samsung…

Bernstein: Why Apple Will Leave TSMC Next Year

Monday, August 4, 2014 3:01 pmMonday, August 4, 20148 Comments

Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co….

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…

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…

Analyst: Apple better off focusing on chip process development rather than fabrication

Monday, July 15, 2013 2:31 pmMonday, July 15, 201316 Comments

For Apple to build its own full-fledged chip production facility…

Samsung inks deal to resume stamping Apple A-series processors from 2015, South Korean report claims

Monday, July 15, 2013 9:11 amMonday, July 15, 201329 Comments

Samsung Electronics will supply mobile application processor (AP) to Apple Inc…