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Samsung to Produce Majority of Apple's A9 Chips for Next-Generation iPhone

Samsung will be the main supplier of Apple's upcoming A9 chip that will power the next-generation iPhone, reports South Korean newspaper Maeil Business (via Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/26/us-samsung-elec-apple-iphone-chips-idUSKBN0KZ01W20150126?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews)). The newspaper notes that Samsung will supply around 75% of chips for the next iPhone, and that the processors will be produced at the company's factory in Austin, Texas.
 
 (http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/09/A8.jpg) <center> Apple's A8 chip </center>
 Last month, a report (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/12/12/samsung-manufacturing-a9-soc/) from Korea's ET News said that Samsung had begun work on the processor in Texas. Previous reports (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/11/17/samsung-apple-processors/) noted that Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) would be producing the A9 chip, although Samsung was chosen to be the primary supplier in a deal that was said to be worth billions. BusinessKorea reported last month that Apple would be relying more heavily (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/11/26/samsung-iphone-6-apple-watch/) on Samsung for iPhone 6 and Apple Watch components including RAM, NAND flash storage, and batteries.
 
 Apple's A9 chip is expected to power the iPhone 6s (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-6s/) and presumably the next-generation iPad Air and iPad mini. Apple is also expected to launch a larger-screened iPad Pro (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad-pro/) at some point this year, although that device has been rumored to utilize (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/15/tsmc-a8x-chip-12-9-ipad/) Apple's A8X processor.
 
 
 
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Source: Samsung to Produce Majority of Apple's A9 Chips for Next-Generation iPhone (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/01/26/samsung-majority-a9-chips-next-gen-iphone/)