Report: Apple adding TSMC as second chip source earlier than expected

6. gwuhua1984 posted on 10 Dec 2012, 18:57 1 0

TSMC is not stupid enough to drop Qualcomm & nVidia...

8. wendygarett (limited) 3 days ago posted on 10 Dec 2012, 19:15 2 0

I'm just joking k? Sigh...
Tsmc is a Taiwanese company, and I believe Taiwanese will never abandoned his old partner... Thats the culture... Just like you should abandon your siblings because they are your first 'friends' since you are born... That's their culture...

Unless tsmc is a greedy company tho.

15. gwuhua1984 posted on 11 Dec 2012, 11:38 0 0

We Chinese/Taiwanese are greedy, that's for sure, it's pretty much in our blood... Otherwise TSMC would of signed with Apple long ago instead of trying to have flexibility, grabbing sales from everyone will always be more than grabbing sales from just one.

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7. wendygarett (limited) 3 days ago posted on 10 Dec 2012, 19:09 2 0

Huh? You do realize that tsmc is now developing the 20nm dont you... Please refer to the previous pa news...

10. Commentator posted on 10 Dec 2012, 20:36 0 0

http://www.phonearena.com/news/TSMC-the-company-behind-it-all_id36943

13. xfire99 posted on 11 Dec 2012, 03:01 1 0

Apples iphones 4->5 are based on Samsungs Exynos. They dont own any SoC, they just design it and let Samsung build it. Most of all Iphones 4/5 are based on Samsung components.

14. Hemlocke posted on 11 Dec 2012, 05:42 1 1

Incorrect. Apple has an ARM Architecture license and the A6 is a custom SoC. The Exynos SoCs are just slightly tweaked ARM designs because Samsung doesn't have an architecture license.

16. MC1123 posted on 11 Dec 2012, 20:34 0 0

yeah..i actually thing of that way too..apple's Aseries is a SoC of apple...they use their own GPU the swift GPU..just like qualcomm's snapdragon who use adreno GPU..but what exactly apple get from samsung?

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11. Commentator posted on 10 Dec 2012, 20:37 0 0

...says the bravest man to ever post on PA.

12. nwright94 (unregistered) posted on 10 Dec 2012, 23:51 0 0

Your right. Don't see why you can't have an opinion on this website without getting bashed lol. All the OS's offer something great, and people will use what they like, not what some Internet troll says they have to like. If anything the trolls are pushing people away from whatever they're advocating.