Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s leading chip foundry that counts Apple as its #1 client, is investing a cool $12 billion in a manufacturing plant based in Arizona, its second US facility. Former Apple executive Jean-Louis Gassée in his Monday Note column analyzes the repercussion of the move and potential problems that it may solve.
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Apple supplier TSMC confirms plans to build a chip factory in Arizona
It was expected to arrive on Friday, and now it has: Apple supplier TSMC has confirmed it's moving forward with a planet opening in the United States.
Apple supplier TSMC will reportedly open a chip plant in Arizona [Updated]
TSMC is one of Apple's largest suppliers, and it's behind the manufacturing of Apple's lauded A-series processors. And a new report suggests the company is going to make a big bet on a factory in the United States.
iPhone processor supplier TSMC is reportedly readying volume production of 5nm chips
Semiconductor foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is readying mass production of chips built on its five-nanometer process technology.
2020 iPhones could be powered by a smaller, faster 5-nanometre processor
TSMC, the world's top semiconductor foundry, announced today that it's five-nanometre technology that benefits from process simplification provided by extreme ultraviolet lithography is now available and in preliminary risk production.
2020 iPhone to see another miniaturization leap as TSMC is said to build 5nm A14 Bionic chips
2018's A12 Bionic filed as the world's first seven-nanometer mobile processor, and it still smokes competition! But iPhones due in 2020 may give would-be iPhone killers another pause. According to sources, Apple's tentatively named "A14 Bionic" chip powering 2020 handsets will be fabricated on TSMC's cutting-edge five-nanometer process technology.
Key Apple suppliers TSMC and Foxconn post strong November revenue, Bloomberg unfazed
Key Apple suppliers—TSMC, the sole supplier of Apple-designed mobile chips, and Foxconn, which assembles iPhones—today reported strong November revenue, but that didn't stop Bloomberg from pushing its narrative that the latest lineup is “falling flat with global consumers” as “iPhone concerns persist”.
TSMC will exclusively build Apple A13 chips for 2019 iPhone and iPad models
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been the sole manufacturer of Apple's in-house designed iPhone and iPad processors since the A10 chip in 2016, and that exclusivity will extend into the next year, according to a new supply chain report.
Apple’s using TSMC processors on iPhone through at least 2020
Apple’s expected to stick with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) as its sole provider of application processors for iPhone and iPad at least for the next two years. The chip maker has been providing products to Apple since at least 2014.
iPhone chipmaker TSMC warns of delayed shipments following computer virus attack
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) said this morning that it would have to delay shipments and warned of reduced revenues because of the impact a recent virus outbreak has had on its factories that churn out iPhone chips.
Samsung wants to help make Apple’s A13 iPhone chip in 2019
It's been years since Samsung grabbed any of Apple's processor business. That could begin to change in 2019 as the company makes a play for some of Apple's "A13" chip processor work, according to DigiTimes.
Production begins on A12 chip for all three 2018 iPhones
Commercial production has begun on TSMC’s 7nm chip. This is the same chip likely to be found in Apple’s upcoming A12 processor for all three 2018 iPhone models.