A report from DigiTimes claims that TSMC and Samsung Electronics have started the mass production of Apple’s A9 chipset, which will be used by Cupertino headquartered company in the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.
However, right before both companies were to start the production of the chips, Apple requested them to modify the mask patterns of the chip, which led them to rework the wafers. Nonetheless, this modification has not created any additional delay in starting the mass production of chipsets for Samsung.
As for TSMC, the report claims that the company will only start fabricating chipsets for Apple based on its 16nm FinFET process from the fourth quarter of this year. This means that Samsung will be the sole and major supplier of A9 chipsets to Apple for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. This matches up perfectly with previous reports which claimed that Samsung has bagged the order to supply the majority of A9 chips to Apple this year.TSMC will also be reportedly producing Touch ID sensors and Cirrus Logic audio chips for Apple on a contract basis.
Lastly, the report claims that Apple will be shipping 80 million units of the iPhone by the end of this year. While this is less than the 85-90 million units that was reported by the Wall Street Journal earlier this month, it is still higher than the 74.5 million units of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus that Apple sold in Q4, 2014.
[Via DigiTimes]
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