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iPhone phablet to debut in May; iPhone 6 to launch in September, reports claim
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
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
Samsung Electronics has signed a contract for the production of Apple’s…
Apple needs to kick its nasty Samsung habit
Apple’s products are undoubtedly well thought out, well crafted, and highly innovative…
Samsung to stamp out 30-40% of Apple’s next-gen ‘A8’ chips, South Korean report claims
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will handle the majority…
TSMC on track to stamp out Apple’s 20nm A8 chips in 2014
Apple’s A8 is scheduled to shift to a 20nm processor in 2014…
Is Apple using Intel to fabricate their 64-bit A7 processors?
To get 1 billion transistors on a 102 sq. mm chip would require…
After its disastrous Exynos 5 Octa, Samsung may have lost Apple’s 64-bit A7 powerhouse to TSMC
Apple has long been expected to move its A-series chip production…
Apple iPhone 5S hit with fingerprint-recognition issues, report claims
Poor yields will likely force Apple to reduce first-quarter shipments of the rumored iPhone 5S…
Analyst: Apple better off focusing on chip process development rather than fabrication
For Apple to build its own full-fledged chip production facility…
RUMOR: Apple buys Taiwan fab to stamp its own chips
Despite all that talk that Apple is striking a deal with TSMC…
Apple buys into chip fab, plans to build its own silicon, report claims
Apple may move beyond designing silicon and actually build its own mobile chips…
Samsung is about to experience the ‘Apple tsunami’
According to a new report from Asia today…
Why Apple just made a huge mistake by signing with TSMC
What began as a rumor is now news: Apple plans to sever…
Apple developing new MacBook Ether?
Will Apple’s new ‘MacBook Ether’ be the knockout punch to the PC?
Piper Jaffray: Intel’s foundry prospects dim with TSMC-Apple deal, IBM progress
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
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
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and…
Apple dumps Samsung from ‘A7’ chip development project
The chasm between Samsung Electronics and Apple is expected to widen further…
All not so rosy on the Samsung front
By this time next year things could get much worse for Samsung…
‘Breakthrough Apple product’ looming? Imagination Technologies and TSMC strengthen technology collaboration
Imagination will work closely with TSMC to develop highly optimised reference design…
TSMC to fabricate Apple’s forthcoming A7 processor, sources say
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
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
TSMC, the world’s top contract chip maker and Apple Inc supplier Hon Hai…
TSMC CEO comments signal massive next-gen Apple A-series chip orders
Chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Morris Chang…
Analyst: Apple to use TSMC’s new 16nm FinFET process for ‘breakthrough’ product
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to start making…
Apple moves A6X processor production from Samsung to TSMC; trials begin this quarter
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
Officials in New York have been actively pursuing…
Apple rumors bloom near Malta, NY: New speculation centers on GlobalFoundries as Cupertino’s chip maker
There is no reason GlobalFoundries couldn’t be the company that Apple wants…
New York’s Capital Region may have Apple’s eye; Top-secret talks hint firm is weighing area for new plant
Apple Inc. and worldwide demand for its iPhone and iPad…
Apple’s processor fab shift from Samsung to TSMC stokes capacity concerns in semiconductor industry
TSMC will start producing chips for Apple’s next iOS devices in 2013…
Apple suppliers to enjoy particularly strong Q113 as next-gen iPad and iPhone models ramp, sources say
Apple’s suppliers, including contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company…
Samsung reportedly delays new semiconductor plant after losing Apple orders, sources say
Samsung Electronics is likely to put off the construction of a new logic fabrication…
Analyst: TSMC to be Apple’s sole 20nm quad-core processor supplier
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. estimated Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co…
Apple plots course to dump slavish copier Samsung from supply chain; looks to TSMC to stamp out processors
Apple has introduced the iPhone 5 and is preparing to unwrap its iPad mini…
Analyst: Apple likely shift component orders away from Samsung
Apple Inc. will likely shift some component orders to Taiwanese suppliers…
Apple, Qualcomm spurned in bids for exclusive TSMC chips
Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. were rebuffed in separate attempts to invest cash…
Chip vendors gearing up for Apple’s next-gen iPhone, sources say
Qualcomm and Broadcom are producing 4G and Wi-Fi chips using a 28nm process at TSMC…
ARM unveils new low-power, quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 variant
ARM on Tuesday rolled out a unique variant on the Cortex-A15…
TSMC, ASE, SPIL in running to supply parts for Apple’s smart TV; Foxconn likely to assemble
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Advanced Semiconductor Engineering…
RUMOR: Apple in talks with Samsung over quad-core ‘A6’ mobile processor production
Despite a raging patent war, an Samsung Electronics and Apple…
