
Korea’s ETNews recently reported that Samsung has begun production in the Korean-based company’s Austin, Texas plant for Apple’s upcoming A9 processor. After most of the A8 chips found in Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices were built in Taiwan, the Cupertino-based company has gone back to Samsung for the next generation A9 chips. However, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) was still in charge of the A8X chip found in the recently released iPad Air 2.
Previous reports already mentioned that Samsung would be building chips at the end of the year, which aligns perfectly with the recent reports. It has been said that the partnership between Apple and Samsung may have helped the Korean-based company retrieve some losses from not being able to build the A8 processor for the iPhone 6 lineup. When Apple switched to TSMC for its A8 chips, it was said that Samsung took a big hit to their business.
Samsung is using its 14-nanometer FinFET technology to build the A9 processor. Due to all the losses the company was hit with, they are hoping that after making the A9 chips Apple will bring some business back to them.
Source: ETNews
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