Although we are still a few months away from launch iPhone 6 and a new face A8Those from Samsung already would have received for the Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), orders to manufacture an initial round of chips A9. Future chips would be produced using a 14 nm manufacturing process, clearly superior to the 28nm used for the chip A7, but for now everything is in a testing phase.
The Samsung Electronics and Globalfoundries team has reportedly landed orders for its 14nm FinFET process from Qualcomm and Apple, with related foundry services to begin in early 2015, according to industry sources in Taiwan. However, it remains uncertain as to how Apple would distribute its A9 processor orders to related foundry houses since Intel is also a potential contender for the orders, the sources noted.
According to the tests done together with those from Samsung, company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), could decide to contract them for the manufacture of a part of the chips A9But TSMC and even Intel trying to get the same contracts. Considering that approximately one year separates us from the start of the manufacturing process for this component, things could change radically, but Apple's plans are interesting.
