Apple products are getting some new chips according to recent reports! Apple and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC have settled on a 3-year-deal which states that TSMC will manufacture new A-series chips for future iPhones, iPads and iPod touch devices.
According to DigiTimes, TSMC will build and supply the next A-series chips, built on 20-nanometer, 16-nanometer and 10-nanometer process nodes for upcoming iOS devices. And the production will begin soon; TSMC will begin manufacturing the 20-nanometer "A8" chips as soon as July. But even better yet, production will speed up due to the introduction of the A8 processor that will power the new iPhone which is "slated for release in early 2014."
If rumors are to be believed that the improved A-series chip (A8) will power the iPhone 6, also the A7 processor chip will reportedly power the iPhone 5S that is due out in 2013. MacRumors released images on Monday, of the iPhone 5S featuring the next A-series (A7) chip. The report also made note of the model number inscribed onto the chip that read "APL0698," this suggest that the next-gen processor was "intended to be branded as an A7 chip rather than a modification on the A6 chip found in the iPhone 5."
Mac Rumors clarified their belief, the original A6 chip was numbered "APL0598," while the A6X chip found in the fourth-generation iPad carries this "APL5598" model number. This insight into the model numbers demonstrates "how Apple varies the first digit for members of a given A-series family and increments the second digit when transitioning to a new family."
According to IBTimes, the photos also “indicate that the chip for the iPhone 5S, which is expected to be released around September or October, apparently carries 1GB of Elpida DRAM, the same capacity found in the A6 chip.”
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