This week it was reported that Samsung and GlobalFoundries, which are partners in the promotion of 14-nanometer technology FinFET, already have acquired its first customers. In the case of such a GlobalFoundries AMD, but Samsung has not named his. On Friday thematically resources spread information according to which partner the Korean manufacturer is the company Apple. According to sources, Samsung allegedly started production of Apple A9 processors in Texas in Austin.
Meanwhile, in the initial publication information that it is the customer Apple, was not. This fact draws attention to the Korean edition ETNews. Resource quoted Representative Samsung: "We have stated that launch mass production, when to publish the results of III quarter. But we can not say whether we have received orders from Apple, and what will be the factory started production".
In other words, to assert unequivocally that Samsung has already started production of new generation processors for the iPhone and iPad, there is no reason. Although these rumors to the benefit of South Korean corporation. This can help improve the image of units occupied by the release of chips, including by parties to the contract.
Apple has long been the main customers for the production of chips from Samsung.However, there was a rift between the producers. And in September 2014, it became known that the Americans transferred the orders for the processors for the iPhone 6 lines with Korean supplier to the plants of Taiwan TSMC.
In April 2014 it was reported that this year, Samsung plans to reduce its output semiconductor factory in Austin because of the decline in orders from Apple.