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Apple Outsources A5 Chip Manufacture ... To Texas

Posted by timothy on from the texas-visitor's-guide-free-on-request dept.

Lindan9 writes "In a 9 billion dollar investment, Apple's A5 chips will now be produced in Austin, TX, in a new Samsung factory that is apparently 'the largest-ever foreign investment in Texas.'" According to the article, the factory's been churning out chips since the beginning of this month.

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  1. Re:Samsung... by thejuggler · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Strange indeed that Samsung was able to create a totally new and unique product that magically looks and feels just like an iPhone and iPad. It's more than just the CPU that Samsung has been making for Apple. And Samsung claims their products were invented by themselves.