Apple to replace Samsung with TSMC for the A6X chips

02 January, 2013
Reportedly, Apple will be moving the A6X chipset production from Samsung to TSMC.

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  • annonymous
  • PSk
  • 02 Jan 2013

Lets just see the outcome. The question is will TSMC make better chips or worst.

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    • Anonymous
    • vjs
    • 02 Jan 2013

    This could be bad news for the next iphone. I trust samsung's ability to make chips for apple.. hopefully it does not fail like the map app issue.

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      • AnonD-95812
      • JJt
      • 02 Jan 2013

      Striker, 02 Jan 2013Buahaha! Sorry Sansunk, half of your business will be down ... moreYou are right! Sammy produces just phone components! And not OTHER ELECTRONIC machines, NAVAL STUFF AND THINGS THAT I could not even imagine! You brain damaged! People buy Sammy even if they are "plastic" made! What if they will build devices with slightly better material, unibody design,... Do not understand you all haters!

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        • Anonymous
        • 3qE
        • 02 Jan 2013

        AnonD-751, 02 Jan 2013So I'm guessing you would pick a car made of iron over one ... moreIf my car can take me places your car can't even dream of, at speeds that make your car go "wtf?" while costing less, having a bigger booth and getting better mileage, I don't care if it's made of bat feces because it's a better car than yours.

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          • Anonymous
          • tDE
          • 02 Jan 2013

          Samsung had making phone longer than Apple, and you say plastic is crap. And what do you like about aluminium thing? For bragging? Shame you, noobish. You never know how phone is originally made for.

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            • AnonD-14994
            • HBA
            • 02 Jan 2013

            AnonD-71586, 02 Jan 2013people that say that samsung phones are bad because they ar... moreand by the way plastic not environmental friendly...

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              • AnonD-95812
              • JJt
              • 02 Jan 2013

              20nm product process? Krait is 28, exynos old 32nm on cortex a9!a15?
              If they will be able to do what they say... This is a good thing for apple... I WAIT S4 AND NOTE 3! NOTE 2 IS ALMOST PERFECT WITH EXYNOS 32NM!

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                • AnonD-14994
                • HBA
                • 02 Jan 2013

                I think your post applies to you... you relly dont know whats the meaning of performance... I like my iphone because its simple thats it...

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                  • AnonD-751
                  • 3sE
                  • 02 Jan 2013

                  AnonD-71586, 02 Jan 2013people that say that samsung phones are bad because they ar... moreSo I'm guessing you would pick a car made of iron over one made of carbon fibre or aluminium?

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                    • AnonD-89381
                    • wr6
                    • 02 Jan 2013

                    I wonder if this company make the progies for HTC, do you think so?

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                      • IamSam
                      • v0q
                      • 02 Jan 2013

                      AnonD-58835, 02 Jan 2013Samsung will produced 510 millions mobile smartphones, and ... moreShipping is different from selling. If it turns out that only few will buy samsung then it will be a huge drawback. If we base it on their design, my guest will be as good as yours.

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                        • chelsea
                        • N7D
                        • 02 Jan 2013

                        AnonD-71586, 02 Jan 2013people that say that samsung phones are bad because they ar... morethe fact that all of us can't use plastic samsung like you does not mean that we are foolish and we have not assessed the ios and android os to know which is better

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                          • anhar.muhammad
                          • tDE
                          • 02 Jan 2013

                          AnonD-71586, 02 Jan 2013people that say that samsung phones are bad because they ar... moreI agree so much with this. Don't judge the book by its cover.

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                            • AnonD-58835
                            • KjZ
                            • 02 Jan 2013

                            Samsung will produced 510 millions mobile smartphones, and iphone maybe 20 millions. It is not a good business for TSMC which is a china company with low quality and standards. Also readapt the whole phone to use this chip will take 2 years for apple. Samsung is the KING, for next 5 years.

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                              • IamSam
                              • v0q
                              • 02 Jan 2013

                              AnonD-78867, 02 Jan 2013LOL, TSMC can't even meet the demands of it's current consu... moreThey have to take t he risk or else loose the opportunity. That's how business work my friend.

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                                • AnonD-95629
                                • t7X
                                • 02 Jan 2013

                                Well, I don't know if this is for better or for worse. Well see it on the next release. :P

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                                  • Android Man
                                  • mqM
                                  • 02 Jan 2013

                                  oh wow should be a £10 to make a iphone 6. with a million % profit. but they still be cheap chinese junk at rolls royce prices.

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                                    • AnonD-71586
                                    • ajV
                                    • 02 Jan 2013

                                    people that say that samsung phones are bad because they are made of plastic are very limited, it's like saying a car is bad because it's made of iron. It's a phone it's supposed to be made of plastic. Clearly you people do not care for the performance and the features of the phone, you are only into them because they look shiny to you, go buy jewelry if you like shiny stuff that much. you know nothing about phones. No one that really knows stuff and wants a phone for what it can do will ever buy a iphone, because of all it's restrictions, android is so customizable you can do whatever you want with it. You have more options , hundreds of phones from where to chose, companies strugling to offer the best for the best price, and iphone? nothing a shiny phone for limited people, with simple menu and all kinds of restrictions so you won't break it. just the fact that most of the people buy it because it's shiny and there's nothing wrong with that, but buying it because of this and then saying it's better than other phones proves how limited you people are

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                                      • sv
                                      • m{C
                                      • 02 Jan 2013

                                      kiozera, 02 Jan 2013Now its Made in China..hahaTaiwan, most probably

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • vaN
                                        • 02 Jan 2013

                                        Samsung semi conductors are made in USA, this will mean even less American know-how in apple products.

                                        I guess Intel was not interested in working with Apple on this one then, too bad since Intel has the best process.