TSMC and UMC to make chips for iPhone nano?

Posted on Tuesday, January 13 2009 @ 20:08 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

DigiTimes spotted a rumor that TSMC and UMC will likely receive chip orders for Apple's low-cost iPhone nano. Chinese newspaper Economic Daily News claims Apple is planning to debut this phone in June or later.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will likely land chip orders for Apple's low-cost entry-level iPhone nano, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) reported today.

According the the paper, the chip orders may come in March and the launch of Apple's iPhone nano is expected to take place in June this year at the earliest.

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