Apple to outsource A4 and A5 processor production to TSMC?

Posted on Tuesday, February 15 2011 @ 17:50 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Anonymous industry sources revealed to DigiTimes that Apple is looking to outsource the production of its A4 processor as well as the next-gen ARM Cortex-A9 based A5 processor to TSMC.

The Apple A4 processor is currently exclusively produced by Samsung Electronics, and the previous S5PC100 used in the iPhone 3GS was also developed and manufactured by the Korean company.

TSMC declined to comment on the report.

With Samsung now competing directly with Apple with its own smartphones and tablet PC, Apple is reportedly concerned about leakage of its processor technology to a major rival in the end-use market.

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