As reported on Engadget.
By Stefan Constantinescu
Samsung has been exclusively making chips for Apple’s iOS devices since the first iPhone started shipping in 2007 — we don’t need to tell you that makes for an odd relationship. Several months ago, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple wouldswitch to TSMC for next year’s iOS portfolio, but now there’s some strange news coming out of Korea. According to a local publication, Apple’s 2015 iOS devices will use Samsung’s 14 nanometer FinFET technology, starting with the iPhone 7 (not the 6S?). Why would Apple switch to TSMC for just one year and then go back to Samsung? Is Apple planning to rely on both TSMC and Samsung for different product lines? Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait until Chipworks breaks out its microscopes to find out what’s really going on.