Samsung is making Apple A9 chipsets on 14nm process

13 December, 2014
Korean media says the manufacturing has already started at Samsung's plant in Austin, Texas.

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Anonymous, 14 Dec 2014No your brain is lagging.. In the real world iPhone is the ... moreDid you read my comment?
In the real world: If one motor-bike have same speed as one SUV , does it mean that do same job ?
Better optimization....my ass. Simply iOS is light because is handicapped.
Apple's SoC, even made by Samsung can not even boot Note4. As the (fast)motor-bike's engine can not move any SUV with 5 ppl inside.

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    AnonD-126854, 14 Dec 2014"Samesung probably made Apple an offer they couldn't r... moreIt looks real stupid when you use terms you dont understand. And to step into reality, TSMC will still manufacture the same chip for Apple, no iPhone or iPad buyer will know for sure where theirs came from.

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      AnonD-126854, 14 Dec 2014You put so much crap in one comment. LOL Even the last SoC... moreCant tell if you are really that stupid or just trolling, but there is no such thing as an "Exynos process" and Apples A8 is made in a big part by TSMC and some by Samsung. I think you better start with the basics and report back in a few months, clearly you are new to this business and have no idea even about the basic terminology.

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        AnonD-4340, 14 Dec 201414nm is not an architecture, duhhh... Its a process node an... moreYou put so much crap in one comment. LOL
        Even the last SoC that Samsung made for apple was on Samsung's own Exinos process.
        14nm means less used power for smartphones. And Samsung manage it FIRST for mass production.
        That's why the packing firm(apple) choose them, bowing . Not to have one more obsolete component on the next iPhone.

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          AnonD-126854, 14 Dec 2014Your brain is lagging. LOL It's same as if one motor-bike ... moreNo your brain is lagging.. In the real world iPhone is the most optimised and the best phone. In paper specs android wins but that does not the case. your comparison with your bike and car is far behind with the phones world...lol

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            AnonD-147377, 13 Dec 2014This proves Samsung is the best chipset maker, otherwise Ap... moreThis is easily one of the stupidest comments of all times. Apple designs SoC's, Qualcomm designs SoC's, but none of them manufactures them.

            About Note 2, i had one myself for 5-6 months maybe, it was THE hottest thing to buy back in late 2012 but the Exynos chipset was its main disadvantage, new apps and games that were more advanced than Flappy Bird would never run on the Note 2 before after a few revisions, they always had to rewrite apps and games to work on those Exynos back then. Nowadays its less of a problem since Android developer tools better handle Exynos compatiility but it wasnt always so, when the first Galaxy S came out in 2010 there was alrerady a considerable selection of Android apps available but insanely many didnt work on Galaxy S which was the first Exynos phone, the compatibility issues were really severe, if Galaxy S hadnt sold so well it would have been nearly impossible to use one, it was only its popularity that made devs take the trouble to rewrite apps for Galaxy S compatibility.

            And by the way, Exynos are more or less ARM reference designs, and those always been inferior to Qualcomm designs, just read about what Linus Torvalds had to say about the matter. Most of the kernel code in your android phone was coded by Torvalds, this guy know what he is talking about, the whole Android runtime rests upon his creations.

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              AnonD-197278, 13 Dec 2014it might b designed by apple, but the 14nm architecture is ... more14nm is not an architecture, duhhh... Its a process node and its not made by samsung, these things are implemented in close cooperation with suppliers of lithography tech, like Nikon. Even Intel who has the FAR better process than Samsung are not doing it alone.

              And its not only about size, AMD at 130nm used to outcompete Intels Netburst processors at 90nm, but intel Pentium M's at 90nm outcompeted anything else, INCLUDING 65nm Netburst. But it wasnt untill 45nm that Intel demonstarted that size is not everything, Intels 45nm High-k/metalgate was more than a year old when AMD, Samsung, TSMC and so on followed with their own 45nm but Intels 45nm was totally superior. The nm is like Mhz, it doesnt mean anything unless everything else is equal, and here it isnt.

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                • 14 Dec 2014

                why is samsung so nice to apple. just refuse!!

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                  AnonD-126854, 14 Dec 2014"Samesung probably made Apple an offer they couldn't r... moreYou fanboys have no idea what 'obsolete' means do you??

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                    Anonymous, 14 Dec 2014In real world Android phones still laggyy and so your brain... moreYour brain is lagging. LOL
                    It's same as if one motor-bike have same speed as one SUV , that means that has same powerful engine? Right?
                    Or because has better optimization???

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                      "Samesung probably made Apple an offer they couldn't refuse."
                      Yup
                      And this offer is called 14nm FinFET chip. That no one other can offer.
                      Otherwise next year Apple will be obsolete with one more component.

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                        Anonymous, 13 Dec 2014Samesung probably made Apple an offer they couldn't refuse.... moreMore like crapple came begging for samsung to produce its chip because other company like tsmc could not keep up with crapple's demand. Samsung can easily kill the competition by refusing. It is very generous of samsung to still be supporting its main competitor.

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                          Anonymous, 14 Dec 2014You mean who stole the name ios from existing software? Jus... moreIn real world Android phones still laggyy and so your brain.. lol hahaha

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                            Anonymous, 14 Dec 2014You mean who stole the name ios from existing software? Jus... moreLOL.. Poor you fandroid. Your response is too far from the comment you replied....
                            What smole a re you smoking? hahaha

                            Bottom line android still lagggyyy

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                              Anonymous, 14 Dec 2014Even to say that is still playing into to the lies. The l... moreThis is the best comment , well said

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                                Anonymous, 13 Dec 2014You are wrong. The Android phones LAG just because the i... moreEven to say that is still playing into to the lies.
                                The lag claim is severely exaggerated. All phones fave a little lag. Even cm, ios, wp, Symbian, Wm. So forth.

                                S3 even on TouchWiz Kk is running great

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                                  AnonD-248425, 13 Dec 2014oh really.who made ios and who is incorporating the softwar... moreYou mean who stole the name ios from existing software? Just like the names iPhone and iPad from existing products?

                                  You mean like who is doing a really bad job with added lag, still leading in crashes, and just as many bugs as ever?

                                  Then yeah..that's apple

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                                    Anonymous, 13 Dec 2014Samesung probably made Apple an offer they couldn't refuse.... moreOr, you know: Samsung has had a long history of helping Apple with it's processors and was only out of the loop with the last batch because of the legal troubles that they had between them.

                                    But no, obviously Samsung had to sell themselves short to do exactly what they have been doing for a very long time.

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                                      • 13 Dec 2014

                                      LOL

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                                        Anonymous, 13 Dec 2014Bravo sammy, you are the most idiot. Feed your enemy then ... moreGOD DAMN! Samsung should hire you as a consultant.