Samsung would have been contracted by the Apple company to produce a huge percentage of the chips for the future iPhone terminals and iPad tablets, Apple preferring the Koreans instead of the Taiwanese from TSMC. According to some information obtained from Asia, those from Samsung would have been contracted to produce 80% of the future chips of iDevices, the figure being a colossal one if we refer to this year's. For the A8 chip in the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and iPad Air 2, Apple chose to give TSMC approximately 70% of the production, but it seems that it is not satisfied with the performance of the Taiwanese.
Apple has designated Samsung as the primary supplier of its next A-series chips powering iOS devices from 2016 as the alliance with GlobalFoundries (GF) enabled Samsung to cut off capacity risk. a source familiar with the deal said.
Starting with the year 2016 Samsung will produce 80% of iDevice chips are made using a 14 nm manufacturing process, the partnership between the Koreans and GlobalFoundries being the main reason behind the choice. Samsung confirmed in a recent press conference that it is producing some prototypes of 14 nm chips for an unidentified customer and it was most likely Apple. Based on this choice, Apple will remain dependent on Samsung in the coming years, something that Tim Cook probably would have wanted to avoid, if TSMC had been able to satisfy Apple's needs.
