Last Friday was a trade smartphones iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Their starting point was the A8 processor with 64-bit instruction support. After dissection of the new iPhone was not the processor produces a long-time Apple partner Samsung.
Inform the AppleInsider page.
According to the source, Chipworks experts dismantled the new Apple smartphones to study the components contained within. Both models received 20 nm A8 processor, which is manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), but so far all Apple mobile processors produced Korean Samsung.
Thus, the rumors proved that Apple refuses Samsung services and forward orders for the new multi-million producer. Many experts agree that follows Apple's revenge for his main competitor in the market of mobile devices, which is a row of American corporations accused of patent violation.
As far as Samsung could lose revenue lost such a large client? Given the fact that the iPhone 5S A7 processor installed cost
accounted for about 19 dollars, while in 2014 alone. The fourth quarter of the planned realization of 75-80 million. 6 iPhone / iPhone 6 Plus. If A8 processor price will be similar to the A7, Samsung may lose about 1.425 to 1.5 billion. Dollars in this quarter alone.
Apple has a year usually sells more than 200 million. iPhone smart phones, the same processors typically used in tablet PCs and iPad as well as iPod players, so the loss of the Apple company, Samsung will become a serious challenge (at least up until they find new clients).
Apple's choice of political motivation and it shows that Samsung also offers a 20 nm process technology (developed on the basis of proprietary processor Exynos 5433, located in one of the variants of Galaxy Note 4). All the more so that the transfer of production is relatively expensive and time-consuming process. Little persuasive reasoning that Apple seeks supplier diversity: Samsung changed only TSMC.
