All the stories tagged with TSMC
Apple’s A7 Chip Could Be Built By TSMC Once Contract With Samsung Expires [Rumor]
04/02/2013, We’ve all heard the rumors at how Apple is looking to reduce their dependence on Samsung for their components, namely Apple’s AX chipset which is currently being manufactured by the South Korean company. This is due to an ongoing lawsuit [...]
Apple’s A7 Chipset Reportedly Being Manufactured By TSMC
03/18/2013, It has long been rumored that Apple is looking to move away from Samsung as the manufacturer of their AX chipsets, and if the reports are to be believed, Apple’s A7 chipset could be made by TSMC. It is unknown [...]
Apple Eyeing On TSMC’s 16 Nanometer FinFET Technology For A Breakthrough Product [Rumor]
01/16/2013, Adding more weight to the rumors, DigiTimes is reporting that TSMC is getting ready to develop an integrated AP/ GPU solution for the Cupertino-based technology giant, Apple. According to Digitimes Research analyst Nobunaga Chai, TSMC will be using its 20nm [...]
TSMC Trial Production Of Apple’s A6X Chip Imminent [Rumor]
01/02/2013, Adding to the string of rumors is a report from Taiwan’s Commercial Times saying that TSMC will soon begin making microchips for Apple. The report also claims that Apple is beginning to reduce manufacturing contracts with its fierce South Korean [...]
Taiwan’s Unimicron could produce future Apple chipsets [Rumor]
12/27/2012, With the deteriorating relationship between Apple and Samsung, it is becoming increasingly common to hear about Apple looking to source the manufacturing of their AX chipsets from manufacturers that aren’t Samsung. So far we’ve heard rumors that Intel could be [...]
Project Azalea could be a TSMC factory in the US dedicated to building Apple’s AX chips
12/19/2012, About a week ago, we reported that according to rumors, Apple could be looking to build their own chips in New York. This would be a departure from Samsung who currently manufactures Apple’s AX chipsets in Texas, and according to [...]
Apple to start building their own chips in New York?
12/13/2012, For those unfamiliar, Apple’s A-series of processors are currently built by Samsung in a Texas fabrication facility, although given Apple and Samsung’s degrading relationship what with the lawsuits and all, there has been plenty of rumors suggesting that Apple could [...]
Apple’s rumored partnership with TSMC expected to kick off earlier than expected
12/11/2012, With the tension between Apple and Samsung, there has been a lot of rumors suggesting that Apple might be dropping Samsung as a chip manufacturer and will go with TSMC for their chip manufacturing needs. Word has it that supposedly [...]
Apple Reportedly Dumping Samsung In Favor Of TSMC
11/28/2012, The relationship that Apple and Samsung is sharing is akin to a love-hate relationship. You’ll see these two technology giants fight in court on any given day, and tomorrow, they’re back working on their mutualistic professional relationship once again. But after [...]
Apple reportedly offered TSMC $1 billion for them to be their dedicated chip supplier
08/29/2012, The relationship between Apple and Samsung can’t be very good right now, but it seems in spite of Samsung’s loss to Apple in their legal battle, Apple still needs Samsung for a variety of components for their products, and Samsung [...]
28nm Qualcomm Snapdragon chip will roll out from Samsung plants
07/04/2012, We met with Dr. Paul Jacobs (Qualcomm CEO) last week at Uplinq, and he made it clear that the current shortage of 28nm Snapdragon chips was due to a very tight manufacturing capacity from its long-time partner TSMC, the world’s [...]
TSMC’s 28nm-based ARM Cortex-A9 test chip goes beyond 3 GHz
05/04/2012, Today, TSMC, also known as the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, announced that its very own 28nm ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor test chip reached 3.1 GHz. According to TSMC, the 28nm HPM process technology will address applications that are requiring high [...]
TSMC said to produce Apple’s A6 and A7 chipsets
09/16/2011, Logically the successor to Apple’s A5 chip would be the A6, and there were reports back in the past that Apple was considering going with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to produce their A6 chips. At the moment Samsung has [...]
