The ‘yield’ rumors have been turned down as nothing more than an exaggeration. The anonymous Samsung official reaffirmed that both companies are in sync on the production schedule.
The mass production, which would also take place at the same Texas facility as mentioned above, would commence shortly. Another executive has hinted to the Korean media that the iPhone 6 would be up for grabs in the third quarter of the year.
The story from Commercial Time had indicated that TSMC had started production, meeting demands before the expected Fall launch. A logical assumption from this turn of events can be that both companies would be producing the A8 silicon for Apple as opposed to the previous rumors that Samsung can be cut off.
The dual production strategy makes sense since it matches with Apple’s track record of using multiple suppliers, even for the same part. This has allowed the firm to lessen risk in production and also cater to unforeseen troubles in the process. The multiple supplier approach also allows Apple to gain a price advantage because of the competition.
To complete the narrative, it is important to point that it was the Wall Street Journal that had reported the initial collaboration between Apple and TSMC to produce A8 chips.
(ZDNet Korea via GforGames)
