Apple may say goodbye to Samsung for quad-core chips

iMore writes, Apple may be changing chip manufacturers as it moves towards quad-core processors in its iOS devices over the next couple of years. While Samsung has produced the chipsets for most iOS devices so far, including the Apple-designed A6 found in the iPhone 5, it may not be the direction Apple will head in the future. A Citigroup analyst is claiming that Apple will be working exclusively with Taiwanese chip producer TSMC for quad-core processors. The reason for the switch is said to be the efficiency of TSMC's 20-nanometer processes over those of Samsung. Samsung currently uses a 32-nanometer...

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