A older Samsung functionary is said to have tell the Korea Times that Apple no longer wants its help design the A serial of chips that appear in its iPad and iPhone .
This is n’t surprising news , givenApple and Samsung’shighly publicized court room battle over patents , and news that Apple ’s A6 chip in the new iPhone 5 is contrive by Apple and just put together on Samsung ’s production demarcation .
A Samsung functionary confirm this , saying : “ Samsung ’s agreement with Apple is circumscribe to manufacturing the A6 central processing unit . Apple did all the design and we are just producing the crisp on a metalworks basis,”notesThe Next connection .
Another Samsung functionary said : “ There are three kinds of chipping node . Some want us to manage everything from chip designing , architecture and manufacturing . Some want us to just plan and manufacture . Some need us to just make the microprocessor chip . Apple is now the third eccentric ” .
He added : “ The high - profile hiring of someone like Mergard directly from a magnanimous competitor no doubt increases common tenseness . Apple want to interiorise its management , even for app central processing unit , and to lower its dependency on Samsung for those logic cow chip , ’’ bring the beginning .
A few days ago , Apple hired Samsung ’s vice prexy and chief railroad engineer Jim Mergard , writesthe Wall Street Journal .
Apple ditching Samsung
Apple is say to be planning to take all its business aside from rival Samsung , amid claims is it hop that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSMC ) will manufacture the next contemporaries of A series processor using their 20 nm technology .
Analysts at Citigroup Global Markets conceive that TSMC will take on Samsung ’s workload over the next couple of age , becoming Apple ’s sole supplier for the 20 nm C.P.U. . Citigroup analyst JT Hus believes these flake could power Apple devices ( including the iPad , iPhone , Apple TV , and potentially the rumoured Apple television ) by 2014 . ? He expect that production will recoil off in the fourth after part of 2013 . ?
Previous reports had indicated that Apple and Qualcomm had been trying to accomplish exclusive access to TSMC ’s microprocessor chip yield . However , TSMC had rejected the bids . TSMC is open to dedicating individual manufacturing plant to single customers , reportsMacRumors .
Samsung stands to lose out if Apple does move its occupation away . As we take down previously , Apple ’s business is a important gross stream for the South Korean company . Apple is Samsung ’s largest customer and account for 9 percent of Samsung ’s gross . As we write , the Apple contract wasworth $ 2.1 billionto Samsung this twelvemonth alone .
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