Report: Apple A6 production has begun

A report from the Taiwan Economic News claims Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) has started trial production of Apple's next generation A6 processor. The A6 is an ARM-based processor that includes a 28-nanometer process and 3D stacking technologies. It's expected to land in Apple's 2012 iOS devices.

The rumored iPhone 5 will keep the current generation A5 manufactured by Samsung, while the iPad 3 could ship with either processor depending on its launch date.

TSMC has not commented on its relationship with Apple, but Apple's switch from Samsung to TSMC could help boost the bottom line for the semiconductor company which already manufactures chips for Nvidia and Qualcomm.

[Via BGR]

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Juanita Wilkins

I just paid $22.87 for an iPad2-64GB and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $675 which only cost me $62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, BidsGet.com

August 14 2011 at 10:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

hittrj01

Let's make this clear. Trial production != production. All this is saying is that Apple is giving TSMC a test run to see if there are any flaws or redesigns that need to be made, or if it is even possible to make these processors at TSMC right now. And any of us would be naive to think Apple isn't already developing that A7 or even A8. Heck, Nvidia announced a release date for their quad-core Kal-El processors before the Tegra 2 was even available in a product to purchase.

August 12 2011 at 7:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

GTRVoesser49

Wow that makes a lot of sense when you think about it dude. Wow.

August 12 2011 at 6:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

nuflux

Apple's switch from Samsung to TSMC could help boost the bottom line for the semiconductor company which already manufactures chips for Nvidia and Qualcomm.

Great. Maybe now they can buy a better logo.

August 12 2011 at 2:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply