Apple Signs Foundry Agreement With TSMC for A6 Production?

Apple has reportedly signed a foundry partnership agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company for the production of their A6 chip, reports DigiTimes.

Under the terms of the agreement, TSMC will apply its 28nm and 20nm process technologies to produce Apple's next-generation CPUs, according to the sources.


It's believed that TSMC quietly secured the contract and may even have succeeded in extending the deal for the A6's successor.

In addition, the agreed contract quotes are favorable to bring little impact on TSMC's profitability, the sources revealed. TSMC managed to negotiate a good price, allowing gross margins yielded by Apple's orders to be similar to its overall gross margin performance at present, the sources indicated.