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A9 Chip Manufacturing Split 60/40 Between TSMC and Samsung, Not Segmented by Device Size
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I want to know what chip I have. I don't know why. It will not affect me at all. I love my 6S and it has been running great. But I just want to know....
But still too nervous to install an unknown app. And thats worse because now I have the means to know but won't let myself find out. =]
But still too nervous to install an unknown app. And thats worse because now I have the means to know but won't let myself find out. =]
That's kind of the point. All the news outlets have been assuming smaller chip size must mean smaller process node. In reality it is far more complex then that, especially since not all parts of the chips are 14/16/etc nanometers.
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Not necessarily. There are many factors that determine power usage / heat generation. The layout could be different. The resistance of the different layers could be different. Larger may tend towards more power usage, but it isn't an absolute by any means.
From 2013:
"Samsung has signed a contract to produce 30% to 40% of Apple's 14-nm A9 chip family in 2015, with the remainder of the production load being handled by other Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), reportsDigitimes."
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ion-of-apples-14-nm-a9-chips-in-2015.1685887/
"Samsung has signed a contract to produce 30% to 40% of Apple's 14-nm A9 chip family in 2015, with the remainder of the production load being handled by other Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), reportsDigitimes."
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ion-of-apples-14-nm-a9-chips-in-2015.1685887/
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ion-of-apples-14-nm-a9-chips-in-2015.1685887/
Look at that, way back in 2013. Only difference is TSMC didn't figure out 14nm in time.
Look at that, way back in 2013. Only difference is TSMC didn't figure out 14nm in time.
The size will only impact battery usage but given the bulk of the battery usage goes on the screen and transceivers, it's not going to have that much of an impact.
Samsung is a big company. Apple hates the Samsung mobile division. Apple has very little opinion about Samsung refrigerators. Apple loves the Samsung semiconductor division. I am sure the Samsung semiconductor division is highly embarrased by the Samsung mobile division.
If Apple can build an iPhone 6s with a Samsung manufactured CPU, then why can you not buy it?
I can't believe that with the X Code debacle that just happened people are installing apps outside of the App Store on their phones just to find out which chip they have. You people deserve to be hacked.
Telling their readers all the important details and leaving it up to them to make a grown-up decision.
Sounds great to me, like proper journalism you know.
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I installed it but with the intention of doing a wipe right after (which I am doing right now). I am doing this because Apple support screwed up my Apple Music account (canceling it instead of iTunes Match) and that left me with a bunch of offline'd music I can't do anything with. No passwords entered, etc.
Honestly, even that wasn't really malicious software that went inside the operating system. It was software within apps, that opened up pop-ups asking for Apple ID passwords within an app. Outside of the app, it didn't work as it was sandboxed. Literally any app can create its own pop-ups, for what it's worth.
Pretty stupid of MR to even write the article. Must be a slow day. But if your board here is a link to untested software. Lets us know what you think so our forums count will grow and maybe will have a new headliner tomorrow on how many phones were compromised.
Damnit I want to know what I have but I REALLLLY don't wanna go install something outside the app store.
I look at it this way. My 6S+ is faster than my 6+ and is getting a better battery life. Will I install this app to find out what chip my 6S+ is running? NOPE!
If I wasn't running iOS 9.1 Beta, I'd probably check it out then wipe it. It's just too much of a PITA to update back up to the Public Beta.
Too bad he couldn't have just posted the source code for some of us to compile our own tester app.
Anyone know what iOS API is being used to get the CPU identifier? Even if it's a private API, a developer could write a very simple open source app and upload it to github, where anyone with Xcode could run it.
