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<title>Samsung being cut out of A7 chip production, report says</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/10/executives.claims.back.recent.rumors/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1358568342_TSMC-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple is giving A7 chip production over to TSMC, instead of long-time A-series chip manufacturer Samsung, an executive with one of Samsung's Korean partners has indicated to The Korea Times.  "Apple is sharing confidential data for its next A7 system-on-chip (SoC) with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)," the person is quoted as saying.  "TSMC has begun ordering its contract...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>TSMC to build iPhone 6 chips after Samsung contract ends, report says</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/02/rumor.has.a7.chip.only.arriving.in.2014/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1209/Apple-iPhone5-corner-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[TSMC will start building A7 chips for the iPhone 6 in 2014, once an Apple contract with Samsung expires in June, claims Taiwanese publication the Economic Daily News.  Samsung has so far been responsible for producing all of Apple's A-series processors, at a facility in Austin, Texas.  The two companies have become increasingly hostile towards each other however, and several reports have indicated...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ARM, TSMC tape out first ARM Cortex-A57, next-gen mobile CPU</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/02/arm.tsmc.collaborate.on.first.fabrication.of.cortex.a57.chip/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1303/arm-a57-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[ARM and TSMC have jointly announced that they have collaborated on the first tape out of ARMís  Cortex-A57 CPU based on its next-generation 64-bit ARMv8 mobile architecture. The new chip design will be ARMís highest performing chip to date and is targeted for use in tablets, high-end computers and servers. The Cortex-A57 was fabricated on TSMCís FinFET 16nm process, which gets its name from the ti...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>TSMC may be starting early preparations for A7 processor</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/14/claim.would.put.first.tsmc.a7s.in.2014/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1358568342_TSMC-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[TSMC is expected to "tape out" an Apple A7 processor with a 20nm process this month, then move into risk production in May or June, claim industry sources for DigiTimes.  The sources say that TSMC is expanding its production capacity at Tainan Science Park in Taiwan with a total investment of $16.87 billion, and plans to use some of the extra capacity to build A7s.  The people add, however, that...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple suppliers suffer terrible February, but now hiring</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/11/hon.hai.tsmc.each.adding.5000.new.jobs/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1204/foxconn-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple suppliers performed poorly during February, says Topeka Capital analyst Brian White.  The claim is based on an "Apple Monitor," a collection of suppliers the analyst tracks as a way of gauging Apple's performance.  Collectively the companies were down 31 percent in February, versus a normal 8 percent drop for the month.  The results are bad even when considering the effect of the Chinese ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Apple TV shows second die shrink of A5 chip, now 28nm</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/11/new.a5.processor.on.28nm.process.suggests.transition.from.samsung/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1303/apple-tv-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Appleís recent update of the Apple TV has revealed a second die-shrink for its A5 processor, reports Macrumors. A new version of the Apple TV (A1469) was acknowledged by Apple, which said the new model continues with the same functionality as the previous edition, but that it does include an unspecified component change. Now revealed, the new component also shows that Apple has switched to 28nm pr...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rumor has low-cost iPhone using Qualcomm Snapdragon</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/08/would.mark.unusual.course.reversal.for.apple/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1209/Apple-iPhone5-corner-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple is planning to use a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor in the low-cost iPhone, and manufacture it using TSMC's 28nm production lines, claims an industry watcher quoted by the China Times.  The move would be unusual, since Apple currently relies on its own A-series processors for iOS devices, which are produced at a Samsung facility in Texas.  The Times' report does say, though, that Apple will...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>TSMC contracted to build A6X chips, report claims</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/02/tsmc.deal.allegedly.moving.from.possibility.to.fact/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1211/apple-a6x-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has won a contract to start manufacturing A6X processors for Apple in the near future, says Taiwanese publication the Commercial Times.  The A6X is used in the fourth-generation iPad, and to date has been manufactured by Samsung.  A TSMC version of the processor is expected to reach trial production sometime in the first quarter of 2013....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oregon, New York may be competing for Apple chip factory</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/19/sites.in.texas.california.also.allegedly.under.consideration/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1211/apple-a6x-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The states of Oregon and New York may be competing for a chip factory under consideration by an Apple supplier, says The Oregonian. Oregon's economic development agency, Business Oregon, says it is trying to recruit a company operating under the codename "Azalea." A non-disclosure agreement is preventing any more details from emerging, though a similar project --tagged with a "Project Azalea" code...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New York governor hints at Apple link to new chip factory</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/12/cuomo.mentions.apple.has.interested.party/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1211/apple-a6x-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has hinted that Apple may be connected to a plan for a chip factory in the state measuring some 3.2 million square feet, the Times Union reports.  The factory was recently proposed to economic development officials in the state, but the company or companies behind the deal have been kept quiet.  Apple's name has been speculated, but when approached, the Empire State...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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