Apple reportedly turns to Taiwan’s TSMC for make next A7 chip

March 14, 2013 10:45 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Apple may be trying to move away from Samsung, its arch rival in smartphones.

Intel may build ARM iPhone chips (if iPads move to Intel’s architecture), says analyst

November 30, 2012 9:23 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Could Intel be Samsung's successor for building Apple's mobile chips?

Samsung pours $976M into chip tech firm ASML to keep Moore’s Law alive

August 27, 2012 8:15 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Here's something to distract people from Samsung's massive legal loss to Apple: Chip technology company ASML announced this morning that Samsung has committed around $976 million to help spur next-generation lithography techniques.

Apple’s A6 chip begins trial production from TSMC, not Samsung

August 12, 2011 8:53 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Apple has tapped Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) to build its next-generation A6 chip, which has just begun trial production, Taiwan Economic News reports.

The A6 is expected to be an even faster performing dual-core mobile chip for Apple’s devices. It …