TSMC will build a separate plant for the production of processors for the iPhone and the iPad

Potential partners Apple hinted at the possibility of changing the usual production strategy for such a large customer as a manufacturer of iPhone and iPad. According to some reports, a contract supplier TSMC is ready for cooperation with Cupertino to build a separate plant.

 

Rumors about Apple want to move production of its own mobile processor Samsung production line at TSMC has repeatedly occurred, but still not confirmed. The two technology giants are not the simple relations in the field of patent law. At the same time Apple is a major customer of semiconductor products and LCD screens, manufactured by South Korean company. The new contractor for the production of microchips would not hurt Apple.

In a recent interview with the head of TSMC said that he sees meaning in the allocation for the needs of a major customer of one or more factories. The name of the client was not named, but all spoke in favor of the fact that Apple has offered to selected TSMC to build factories for their needs in exchange for investments. California Giant has an impressive stock of cash, as an example of a deal between ASML and Intel already has shown that in these days the contractors do not consider it shameful to ask for money for development from their partners.

However, waiting for revelations about the partnership Apple and TSMC has meaning only within the 20-nm process technology. The mass of these chips is expected to start only in 2014.