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Samsung-produced A9 processor is 10% smaller than TSMC's

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>According to a new teardown, Apple once again used both Samsung and TSMC to manufacture the A9 system-on-a-chip for the iPhone 6s (http://www.imore.com/iphone-6s), just as they did with last year's A8 chip. Interestingly, though the A9 is built on a 14nm process, it appears that there is a size difference between the chips provided by the two companies, with the Samsung chip coming in at around 10% smaller than the TSMC chip, according to Chipworks (https://www.chipworks.com/about-chipworks/overview/blog/a9-is-tsmc-16nm-finfet-and-samsung-fabbed).</p> <!--break--> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/apples-a9-system-chip-comes-two-sizes' title="Samsung-produced A9 processor is 10% smaller than TSMC's"><img src='(http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/09/chipworks-a9-teardown.jpg)?itok=qw7q-cj5' />[/url]</p> <p>Apple often utilizes multiple sources and manufacturers for the parts in its various products. Multiple manufacturers are used for everything from displays to SSDs found in Macs.</p> <p>Source: Chipworks (https://www.chipworks.com/about-chipworks/overview/blog/a9-is-tsmc-16nm-finfet-and-samsung-fabbed)</p> </div></div></div><br clear='all'/>

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