Apple Gets Serious About Reducing Reliance on Samsung

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Posted October 15, 2012 at 5:08pm by iClarified

A new report says Apple is getting serious about reducing its reliance on Samsung and did not collaborate with the company to develop its A6 microprocessor.

The Korea Times says Apple is using Samsung to manufacture its chips but has made it clear that it will no longer use its rival's technology.

"Samsung's agreement with Apple is limited to manufacturing the A6 processors. Apple did all the design and we are just producing the chips on a foundry basis," said a senior Samsung official.

It appears as though the wedge between the companies is being driven deeper. Apple is furious with Samsung for having copied the design of the iPhone and has successfully won a $1 billion dollar infringement verdict against Samsung.

"There are three kinds of chip clients. Some want us to handle everything from chip design, architecture and manufacturing. Some want us to just design and manufacture. Some want us to just make the chips. Apple is now the third type," said the Samsung source.

Notably, Apple recently poached Jim Mergard, a 16-year veteran of AMD who was a vice president and chief engineer before he left for Samsung.

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Locutus - October 15, 2012 at 6:47pm

The new iPhone looks nothing like an HTC phone.

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TrueDat - October 15, 2012 at 7:42pm

Wait... are you saying they DON'T own the world? I'm pretty sure they own the patent on "World" It read claims ownership over, "A complex ecosystem of organic activities, taking place on one or more celestial bodies orbiting a star."

iceblu121 - October 15, 2012 at 6:04pm

apple got serious about getting rid of google MAPS too.look what happen

Copperhead - October 15, 2012 at 6:17pm

Exactly... But apple will never have better maps than Google. Google owns the patents for ( street view ) and apple can not use it for any reason. Apple will never have better maps than Google and the reason why Apple will find a way to start picking fights with Google soon. And try their best to find legal loop holes to steal their patents. Because they know Google has a serious tight grip on maps..... And the reason why Apple had a tantrum and deleted the Google native maps from their devices. Mark my words Apple will start picking fights with Google once they finish with Samsung....

thetruest - October 15, 2012 at 9:46pm

talkin to "Copperhed". Truly a fittin name go bak to the matrix.

Hulk - October 15, 2012 at 10:29pm

You can't always be reliant on your rivals your have to diversify yourself as a company, just go ask Google about that

tdtran1025 - October 15, 2012 at 5:32pm

Don't feel bad, Samsung. Apple is embarking on a new journey, where they will gradually replace all the internal components with their own, minus display.