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Tag: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

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Apple to stick with Samsung for A8 chip

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Samsung has won the contract to produce Apple’s next-generation A-series processor…

iPhone 6 to feature blazing-fast quad-core A8 processor – report

Thursday, March 6, 2014 12:29 pmThursday, March 6, 201421 Comments

Apple was the first smartphone maker to pack a 64-bit processor…

Samsung cut out as TSMC starts stamping out Apple A8 chips for 4.7-inch iPhone 6, sources say

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 1:44 pmWednesday, March 5, 201424 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co has started producing chips…

Apple A8 rumors cite no Samsung, no integrated LTE

Tuesday, February 18, 2014 12:28 pmTuesday, February 18, 20144 Comments

TSMC and not Samsung will be tasked with production of the A8…

More signs that Apple is gearing up for next-gen A8 chip production

Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:01 amTuesday, February 18, 20147 Comments

TSMC has already started production of Apple’s next-generation A8 processor…

Bluefin: Apple iPhone, iPad sales ‘strong’; may beat Wall Street expectations this year

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 5:35 pmWednesday, February 12, 20149 Comments

Analysts John Donovan and Steve Mullane pf boutique shop BlueFin Research Partners…

TSMC shifts to 8-inch process to produce next-gen iPhone’s Touch ID fingerprint sensors

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 9:26 amTuesday, February 11, 20144 Comments

Acknowledging risks associated with 12-inch WLP technologies, Apple has…

Apple lining up A8 processor suppliers for Q2

Monday, January 27, 2014 10:28 amMonday, January 27, 201416 Comments

Amkor Technology and STATS ChipPAC have each obtained 40% of the total packaging orders…

iPhone phablet to debut in May; iPhone 6 to launch in September, reports claim

Monday, January 6, 2014 4:38 pm28 Comments

Apple is planning to debut the iPhone phablets as a separate product line in May…

Apple to release ‘larger size’ iPhone in May, 12.9-inch iPad next October

Monday, December 23, 2013 9:27 amMonday, December 23, 201315 Comments

Apple is rumored to release a 12.9-inch iPad in October 2014…

TSMC, Samsung get orders for Apple’s next-gen 14/16nm A-series chips, sources say

Wednesday, December 18, 2013 10:29 am8 Comments

Samsung Electronics has signed a contract for the production of Apple’s…

After its disastrous Exynos 5 Octa, Samsung may have lost Apple’s 64-bit A7 powerhouse to TSMC

Saturday, September 14, 2013 10:14 amSaturday, September 14, 201353 Comments

Apple has long been expected to move its A-series chip production…

Apple iPhone 5S hit with fingerprint-recognition issues, report claims

Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:31 pmTuesday, July 16, 201317 Comments

Poor yields will likely force Apple to reduce first-quarter shipments of the rumored iPhone 5S…

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…

Samsung is about to experience the ‘Apple tsunami’

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 2:31 pmWednesday, July 10, 201338 Comments

According to a new report from Asia today…

Why Apple just made a huge mistake by signing with TSMC

Wednesday, July 3, 2013 4:32 pmWednesday, July 3, 201317 Comments

What began as a rumor is now news: Apple plans to sever…

Piper Jaffray: Intel’s foundry prospects dim with TSMC-Apple deal, IBM progress

Monday, July 1, 2013 7:01 pmMonday, July 1, 201320 Comments

Piper Jaffray’s Gus Richard today reiterates an Underperform rating…

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…

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…

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…

Latest Apple TV units sport die-shrunk Apple A5 chip further suggesting split from Samsung

Monday, March 11, 2013 11:29 amMonday, March 11, 201314 Comments

Apple rolled out a die shrink of the A5 in the third-generation Apple TV…

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…

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…

Apple suppliers to enjoy particularly strong Q113 as next-gen iPad and iPhone models ramp, sources say

Monday, November 19, 2012 9:32 amNo Comments

Apple’s suppliers, including contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company…

Samsung reportedly delays new semiconductor plant after losing Apple orders, sources say

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 5:16 pmWednesday, November 7, 201227 Comments

Samsung Electronics is likely to put off the construction of a new logic fabrication…

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

Chip vendors gearing up for Apple’s next-gen iPhone, sources say

Friday, June 15, 2012 1:00 pm3 Comments

Qualcomm and Broadcom are producing 4G and Wi-Fi chips using a 28nm process at TSMC…

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