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Not All iPhone 6s Processors Are Created Equal (itworld.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the do-you-feel-lucky? dept.

itwbennett writes: Apple is splitting the manufacture of the A9 processor for its iPhone 6s between TSMC (~60%) and rival Samsung (~40%) — "and they are not created equal," writes Andy Patrizio. For starters, Chipworks noted that Samsung uses 14nm while TSMC uses 16nm. A Reddit user posted tests of a pair of 6s Plus phones and found the TSMC chip had eight hours of battery life vs. six hours for the Samsung. Meanwhile, benchmark tests from the folks at MyDriver (if Mr. Patrizio's efforts with Google Translate got it right) also found that the Samsung chip is a bigger drain on the phone's battery, while the TSMC chip is slightly faster and runs a bit cooler. So how do you know which chip you got? There's an app for that.

2 of 262 comments (clear)

  1. Samsung Trojan Horse :) by Hougaard · · Score: 3, Funny

    If we can't beat them, at least we can loose our semiconductor business ?

  2. Re:Too little, too late by GNious · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sorry, but who is pushing a new iPhone "through the throats of customers"??

    You are completely free to not fucking buy one.

    You obviously have no clue how society works - if you're using a previous-gen iPhone, you're not cool enough, and you should go jump of a bridge.