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Earlier this year, it seemed that Samsung had wrapped up the annual contest to decide who will provide Apple with the chips for the next iteration of the iPhone. In fact, just a few weeks ago, there was talk that Samsung had already started delivering 14nm A9 samples to Apple. And Sammy's perennial rival for the business, TSMC, will only be able to cut its 16nm wafers in any quantity starting in the second quarter of 2015. Using the 14nm process will allow Samsung to make the A9 chip 20% more powerful, while consuming 35% less battery life than the A8.
But don't cash your tickets in just ... *
from PhoneArena http://www.phonearena.com/news/TSMC-to-provide-most-of-the-A9-chips-for-the-Apple-iPhone-6s-Samsung-is-the-back-up_id64227
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Earlier this year, it seemed that Samsung had wrapped up the annual contest to decide who will provide Apple with the chips for the next iteration of the iPhone. In fact, just a few weeks ago, there was talk that Samsung had already started delivering 14nm A9 samples to Apple. And Sammy's perennial rival for the business, TSMC, will only be able to cut its 16nm wafers in any quantity starting in the second quarter of 2015. Using the 14nm process will allow Samsung to make the A9 chip 20% more powerful, while consuming 35% less battery life than the A8.But don't cash your tickets in just ... *
from PhoneArena http://www.phonearena.com/news/TSMC-to-provide-most-of-the-A9-chips-for-the-Apple-iPhone-6s-Samsung-is-the-back-up_id64227
via http://www.phonearena.com/news/TSMC-to-provide-most-of-the-A9-chips-for-the-Apple-iPhone-6s-Samsung-is-the-back-up_id64227
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