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Apple reportedly strikes new processor supply deal with Samsung

<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><a href='http://www.imore.com/apple-reportedly-strikes-new-processor-supply-deal-samsung' title="Apple reportedly strikes new processor supply deal with Samsung"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2014/09/A8_processor_chipworks.jpg?itok=4jT3UnQk' />[/url]</p> <p>Apple has reportedly cut a deal for Samsung to provide the vast majority of its A-series chips, like the A8 (http://www.imore.com/apple-a8) found in the iPhone 6 (http://www.imore.com/iphone-6) and iPhone 6 Plus (http://www.imore.com/iphone-6-plus) in the future. Samsung is said to have a contract for 80 percent of Apple's supply, but delivery is not supposed to being until 2016. A major factor in this supposed deal is the Samsung's ability to mitigate capacity risk, according to The Korea Times (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2014/11/133_168259.html):</p> <!--break-->

<p>"Apple has designated Samsung as the primary supplier of its next A-series chips powering iOS devices from 2016 as the alliance with GlobalFoundries (GF) enabled Samsung to cut off capacity risk," a source familiar with the deal said.</p>

<p>Taiwanese chip maker TSMC will allegedly supply the remaining 20 percent of Apple's processors. The new CPUs will supposedly 14nm chips, smaller than the current 20nm A8 processors.</p> <p>Source: The Korea Times (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2014/11/133_168259.html)</p> </div></div></div><div id="comment-wrapper-nid-28399"></div><img width='1' height='1' src='http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/408f4495/sc/28/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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