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Samsung already producing quad-core A6 chips for Apple

article published on 17 October, 2011

According to The Korean Times, Samsung is already producing the quad-core A6 processor that will be seen in the iPad 3 and iPhone 5. Apple had allegedly signed a deal with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the processors, but now it appears that deal may not be in the works anymore. The new report says the buyer/supplier relationship will remain into the foreseeable ... [ read the full article ]

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Azuran
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_ 		18. October 2011 @ 00:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Good ole American labor.
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KillerBug
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_ 		18. October 2011 @ 01:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
An apple with a powerful processor? A processor made in the USA? This must be a hoax.
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xtago
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_ 		18. October 2011 @ 02:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What I find odd is that Apple have swapped over to TSMC from Samsung yet Apple are still in a deal to have quad core CPUs in Apple products made by Samsung, all the while Apple are banning Samsung products and you have the Samsung head CEO saying they aren't happy and don't want to do Apple products due to the court cases and the swapping of the supply lines.
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molsen
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_ 		18. October 2011 @ 06:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Another round of court proceedings to follow this one....
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Morreale
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_ 		18. October 2011 @ 08:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Better stay away from the iPad 3 and iPhone 5 if Apple keeps suing... I'm predicting a high defective rate lol
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Azuran
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_ 		18. October 2011 @ 14:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by xtago:
 What I find odd is that Apple have swapped over to TSMC from Samsung yet Apple are still in a deal to have quad core CPUs in Apple products made by Samsung, all the while Apple are banning Samsung products and you have the Samsung head CEO saying they aren't happy and don't want to do Apple products due to the court cases and the swapping of the supply lines.
Yet at the same time Samsung is a rational entity and is not gonna say no to all that cash.
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Mrguss
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_ 		18. October 2011 @ 15:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This news sound Fake a 100%
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_ 		18. October 2011 @ 16:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Top dollar & behind the curve as always?

Seems so to me.
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ZeusAV
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_ 		18. October 2011 @ 22:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The biggest news from this story to me is that the chips will be produced in Texas. About time Apple has some of their parts coming from the US.
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_ 		18. October 2011 @ 23:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ZeusAV:
 The biggest news from this story to me is that the chips will be produced in Texas. About time Apple has some of their parts coming from the US.
That is how I knew for a fact that it was a Hoax...then again, steve isn't there to insist on suicidal working conditions just for the sake of bringing more misery to the world, so I guess anything is possible now.
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pmshah
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_ 		21. October 2011 @ 10:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
For all you know they just might get the chips in raw wafer form (without encapsulation ) These might be assembled on to the pcb directly and sealed with epoxy by Foxcon - you guessed it - in China !
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