TSMC to Manufacture 100% of APs for 2014 iPhone?

TSMC will reportedly manufacture all the application processors (APs) for the 2014 Apple iPhone, report DigiTimes.

To satisfy the huge demand from Apple, TSMC has begun equipment move-in for the phase-5 facility of its 12-inch fab located in southern Taiwan, the sources said. The Fab 14, Phase 5 facility will be ready for production by the end of 2013, the sources indicated.

Samsung Electronics, which produces APs for the existing iPhones, will still manufacture chips for the upcoming model scheduled to be released in the second half of 2013, the sources revealed. Nonetheless, Apple appears to be accelerating its plans to minimize its dependence on Samsung, the sources observed, judging from TSMC's pace of expansion at Fab 14.


The Fab 14, Phase 5 facility is a second 20nm-capable fab for the company and its scheduled to begin volume production in early 2014.

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