TSMC to be the sole supplier of Apple's chips until 2020

24 August 2018
TSMC relies on Apple for 80% of its production.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 01 Sep 2018

Anonymous, 30 Aug 2018Your argument is invalid: Samsung Semiconductor sells Apple... moreThat only makes it that much more relevant

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    • Anonymous
    • 81X
    • 30 Aug 2018

    Droid, 24 Aug 2018"Samsung is currently selling OLED screens, NAND and DRAM m... moreYour argument is invalid: Samsung Semiconductor sells Apple individual components. Samsung Mobile neither designs nor sells Apple anything. The Samsung conglomerate also sells refrigerators, completely independently of Samsung Semi or Samsung Mobile.

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      • Anonymous
      • 4QP
      • 25 Aug 2018

      Luxor, 25 Aug 2018Self-acknowledgement? Ok.Right

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        • Anonymous
        • 4QP
        • 25 Aug 2018

        Anonymous, 25 Aug 2018Chatting nonsense. I'm using an iphone 7 plus 256gb for alm... moreIt they have issues and you are in denial

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          • Luxor
          • IVx
          • 25 Aug 2018

          Anonymous, 25 Aug 2018*yawn* samsung users: iphone sucks, isheep, iphone users... moreSelf-acknowledgement? Ok.

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            • Anonymous
            • v3F
            • 25 Aug 2018

            Luxor, 24 Aug 2018iPhone users: Sammy crap. Lagsung. Samsung go die. iPhone i... more*yawn*

            samsung users: iphone sucks, isheep, iphone users are all idiots, rich brats etc etc.

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              • Bewildered
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              • 25 Aug 2018

              Anonymous, 24 Aug 2018Don't become too dependent on Apple. Remember how they suck... moreI remember this case from the GSMA article and from what I gather the share Imagination share price was affected most.

              Despite what Apple stated the development of its own GPU Imo could have been a strong arm bargaining ploy.

              Imagination have stated that it holds the patents, so unless Apple pays it (Imagination) a licence fee to use it patented technology it can't install an Apple copy of this product, nor can Apple use another supplier to produce it for it

              Copyright Protection would kick in and Apple plus any supplier that did this would pay a heavy fine in punitive damages.

              Apple appears to want to cut the unit cost of Imagination i.e make more profit for itself

              Back to the article, there was predictions that Qualcomm would use Samsung also for the 7nm SoC

              The articles I have read is that Samsung is developing its own 7nm Soc however this will be 5G rather than 7nm and faster 4G speed

              Samsung 10nm process can be further developed for 4G, but as far as my knowledge on this topic allows, the 7nm TMSC is not proper / true 5G I may be wrong...

                I just knew iPhones are using Samsung sensor, I thought all this time it was Sony.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 4S2
                  • 25 Aug 2018

                  Anonymous, 25 Aug 2018Does XZ2p have over-heating issue while using the camera?Sorry, I use Xz2 instead of Xz2 premium.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Htx
                    • 25 Aug 2018

                    Anonymous , 24 Aug 2018That is why I go for Sony. Does XZ2p have over-heating issue while using the camera?

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 25 Aug 2018

                      Droid, 24 Aug 2018Stop talking rubbish. I use iphone 7 plus red edition as se... moreChatting nonsense. I'm using an iphone 7 plus 256gb for almost 2 years and it still works just like on the first day. Spend alot of time daily on it and it's still in same performance since the first day. Ur just bashing. Hate is a disease. Cure urself

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                        • AnonD-241270
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                        • 24 Aug 2018

                        Anonymous , 24 Aug 2018That is why I go for Sony. touché! :)

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                          • 24 Aug 2018

                          AnonD-241270, 24 Aug 2018is not being insecure, is trolling people who dont lnow how... moreThat is why I go for Sony.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 4S2
                            • 24 Aug 2018

                            Luxor, 24 Aug 2018iPhone users: Sammy crap. Lagsung. Samsung go die. iPhone i... moreLol, not even one praised for TSMC. They are way better than the others.

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                              • 24 Aug 2018

                              Anonymous, 24 Aug 2018Don't become too dependent on Apple. Remember how they suck... moreThat's like saying that AMD's ryzen are just intel cores...

                              Both AMD and Apple (and even Samsung) just license the ISA from intel/ARM respectevily. The chips are nothing alike from ARM stock ones.

                              But you can actually say that Snapdragon and Kirin are in fact just ARM cores.

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                                • 24 Aug 2018

                                why apple don't just ask samsung to make a phone, stick an apple logo on it and sell it on apple store?

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                                  • 24 Aug 2018

                                  AnonD-241270, 24 Aug 2018is not being insecure, is trolling people who dont lnow how... more"ijunk, crapple, idiots"

                                  Right, you are not a hater...

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • yAK
                                    • 24 Aug 2018

                                    .alpha, 24 Aug 2018Stop lying your ass off. If you ever used Apple device you ... moreHe didn't lie, he said just after 1 year, not within 1 year.

                                      AnonD-241270, 24 Aug 2018not advanced enough, since i want a easy solution not a "se... moreDude, that's really uncalled for. Just like how people like you love the IR blaster, there are people who don't need it. There are people who want the ecosystem, or there are people who want a lot of features. You can't just say "I think this is the best, and everyone else is an idiot for not using it because they're expensive!"

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                                        • ytx
                                        • 24 Aug 2018

                                        Droid, 24 Aug 2018Stop talking rubbish. I use iphone 7 plus red edition as se... moreStop lying your ass off. If you ever used Apple device you know you can just go down to the Apple Store and have them replace the entire device at no cost within warranty. If you somehow killed the battery within a year, battery replacement is $29 in an Apple Store.