Apple’s A-series of chipsets has typically been manufactured by Samsung, although given that both companies aren’t necessarily on the best of terms, Apple has since moved on to other manufacturers. For example it was recently discovered that the A8 chipset found in the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are from TSMC.
However there have also been rumors that suggests that Apple could be returning to Samsung for their A9 chipsets in 2015. While those were initially rumors, it seems that Samsung might have confirmed it inadvertently. Speaking at a press event, the president of Samsung’s semiconductor business Kim Ki-nam spoke about the profits of the company.
According to Kim, he stated that he believes that the profits of Samsung will improve positively once the company begins to supply Apple with chips using their latest technology. The South Korean tech giant is said to begin production of these chips using a 14nm process at the end of the year.
This pretty much confirms that Samsung will indeed be more involved with the manufacturing process of Apple’s A-series of chipsets come 2015. Whether or not Samsung was speaking out of turn of it really is the case remains to be seen, but we guess we’ll just have to wait for next year’s iPhones to find out!
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