TSMC to remain as sole supplier for Apple's A13 chips

11 February 2019
It will be based on the same 7nm process with improved EUV.

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I was reminded of the whole ChipGate fiasco of 2015...

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    500,000 AnTuTu?, 12 Feb 2019I wonder if the A13 chips in the September 2019 iPhones wil... moreThey dont do well in antutu. And it wont reach 500k since it most likely is going to be inferior to a12x(unless apple goes nuts and makes it just as powerful as a12x)

      Walter C. Dornez, 12 Feb 2019Interesting. I haven't heard about this before. Most tests ... moreI also thought the same when I saw single core score of exynos but after watching that tests by @GarryExplains on youtube it changed my perspective completely about Exynos processor. Exynos was way slower than SD 845. Test device was Note9 in both variant.

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        Walter C. Dornez, 12 Feb 2019What does that mean for the phone? Like what kind of advant... moreAllows chip designs that are more efficient/higher performance/cooler/smaller/cheaper

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          Anonymous, 11 Feb 2019Extreme Ultra-Violet lithography allows the etching of feat... moreJust say we can put more transistor inside a SoC, means more performance and or less power usage/heat

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            I wonder if the A13 chips in the September 2019 iPhones will score half a million on AnTuTu or whether we will have to wait until September 2020 for that to happen. Whatever happens, I expect they will be the fastest kids on the block as usual.

              Anonymous, 11 Feb 2019Extreme Ultra-Violet lithography allows the etching of feat... moreI see. So how would this help a phone?

                Anonymous, 11 Feb 2019Extreme Ultra-Violet lithography allows the etching of feat... moreWhat does that mean for the phone? Like what kind of advantage would this tech give a phone

                  dude111, 11 Feb 2019In the test he mentions, its way, way slower than the 845. ... moreInteresting. I haven't heard about this before. Most tests I've seen have the Exynos beating the 845

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                    Walter C. Dornez, 11 Feb 2019What does EUV actually do?Extreme Ultra-Violet lithography allows the etching of features smaller than ever before due to the short wavelength and comparably high energy. Think tighter focus and reduced exposure time, leading to a cleaner pattern that can be packed denser than older processes.

                      Walter C. Dornez, 11 Feb 2019In GPU performance, yeah. The newer Exynos is also slower ... moreIn the test he mentions, its way, way slower than the 845. By a lot.
                      And if Samsung dont improve their cache subsystem it would be the same this year.

                        BigDisplay, 11 Feb 2019Lol, he did and even you like it or not, its between the be... moreThere's only 4 highend chipsets for this Year, A12, snapdragon 855, Exynos 9820 and kirin 980.

                        If its the worse of the four (*expecting the exynos dont disappoint that much), how it can be "between the best"?

                          alecs91, 11 Feb 2019i don't know if you can call kirin 980 ''the best'' .Lol, he did and even you like it or not, its between the best on the market.
                          No matter what, he, you and i think.
                          Its a fact... so simple.

                            Nice to see Apple still in good standing with at least 1 supplier.

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                              but Apple is big in the US but not world wide. Leaving the question of where the others are having their chips made such as Huawei, Samsung, Xiaomi, etc.

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                                • 11 Feb 2019

                                I think they will finally move onto 8 core processor. Because the newest ipad pro finally got 8 core configuration.

                                  Arif238, 11 Feb 2019Exynos is slower than Snapdragon overall. See GarryExplain... moreIn GPU performance, yeah.
                                  The newer Exynos is also slower in multi core but faster on single core score reaching A12 levels

                                    Shadow Snypa786, 11 Feb 2019Thats why Kirin has been destroyed by the new Snapdragon an... moreExynos is slower than Snapdragon overall.
                                    See GarryExplains on youtube.

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                                      Walter C. Dornez, 11 Feb 2019What does EUV actually do?It is an extremely costly silicon manufacturing process, its cutting edge, supposed to have debuted in 2003 (yes 2003) but its been finally made possible in 2019

                                        What does EUV actually do?

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