According to the source, contract manufacturers have entered the race for orders for the release of processors Apple A7. It is alleged that, along with TSMC and Samsung Electronics, the release A7 can do and the company Intel, which makes the first steps in a contract manufacturer of semiconductor products . According to the institutional investors, Intel can claim 10% of the orders to release Apple A7.
Recall institutional investor is a legal person, accumulating cash (fees) individual investors and investing in securities or other assets in order to make a profit. As such, in particular, are the investment and pension funds, insurance companies, credit unions. By some estimates, the share of institutional investors account for 50% of the transactions on the New York Stock Exchange.
Previously, orders release of processors Apple were unattractive due to low profitability - the only manufacturer that has been interested in Apple, a South Korean company Samsung. Over time, Samsung has become a major competitor to Apple in the mobile market and partners have become a large-scale trial opposing sides of the conflict. So far, Samsung is the world's largest manufacturer of smartphones. Fulfilling orders Apple, South Korean manufacturer has a competitor double service - supplying chips for its products and to limit the volume of production of processors for personal use.
According to reports, as soon as the situation changes. Samsung Company will cease to be the sole supplier of processors for Apple. Already in 2014, TSMC can take the place of the second-largest supplier of the manufacturer of this product.
Likely is this alignment: Samsung will provide 50% of the supply A7, TSMC - 40%, Intel - 10%.
If we believe the recently published reports, last year, Intel and Apple have already negotiated the contract production of processors , but have not been able to agree.
Source: DigiTimes
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