Apple and Samsung Already Working On A9 Processor

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 15, 2014 @05:13AM from the build-it-better dept.

itwbennett writes According to a report in Korean IT Times, Samsung Electronics has begun production of the A9 processor, the next generation ARM-based CPU for iPhone and iPad. Korea IT Times says Samsung has production lines capable of FinFET process production (a cutting-edge design for semiconductors that many other manufacturers, including AMD, IBM and TSMC, are adopting) in Austin, Texas and Giheung, Korea, but production is only taking place in Austin. Samsung invested $3.9 billion in that plant specifically to make chips for Apple. So now Apple can say its CPU is "Made in America."

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Apple not working on adding more RAM to iPhone by Anonymous Coward · 2014-12-15 05:37 · Score: 0, Troll

Seriously, 1 GB of RAM? Still?
What it's like to own an Apple product by MatrixCubed · 2014-12-15 06:14 · Score: 1, Troll

Still relevant, still funny...