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A9 Chip Manufacturing Split 60/40 Between TSMC and Samsung, Not Segmented by Device Size

"What's up guys, Lew here from Unbox Therapy. Andddd today... We're checking out this issue I saw this morning being dubbed 'Chip-Gate'..."

The most accurate script guess gets a Samsung 14nm Chip iPhone!
 
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Rogifan said:
If this is the case why does it deserve so much attention on MR's front page? The fact that you're dedicating space to it will naturally make some people believe it matters.
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Some people believe the Brooklyn Bridge is for sale, even today.

Space is dedicated to it for a number of reasons, number one of which is page clicks. However there are other interesting things that come to light, such as Apples ever evolving approach to manufacturing enough parts. You do realize that for the last year Apple has been the only bright spot in component manufacture for smart phones. The market has been steadily declining out side of Apples demand for parts. I wouldn't be surprised that by the end the run for A9 parts Apples supplier will have shipped more that 250 million chips.

As such, just from the stand point of knowing who is and isn't winning design ins is interesting all on its own.
 
OldSchoolMacGuy said:
It is. If it wasn't then Apple could be open to lawsuit from consumers that got the lower performing version.
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I don't recall reading any ptich on guaranteed spped performance other than it has an A9 chip.
Seems like everyone posting benchmarks has an A9 processor. How can anyone sue?
 
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gnasher729 said:
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.
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Up you go! :)
 
TSMC iPhone 6s ATT, it doesn't seem to make much of a difference from the scores I'm seeing.
 

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I do not care whether my device uses a processor fabricated by Samsung or TSMC. The end user is most likely not going to see any difference at all.

Apple is wise to diversify suppliers of critical components.
 
JimmyHook said:
Yeah, this tool has been debunked
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I've stated in this thread that I found it fishy that a solitary dev just happens to come out with a tool the day of the rumor. That said, I've not seen the tool debunked yet...have a link to share?
 
lordhamster said:
I've stated in this thread that I found it fishy that a solitary dev just happens to come out with a tool the day of the rumor.
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the 'app' is like one line of code.. i imagine the dev spent a lot more time creating the webpage, database, sorting, and the pie charts etc instead of trying to identify the cpu..

for example.. type
Code: 
sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string
into terminal and it will return

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4771 CPU @ 3.50GHz
(for this imac i'm on)

..
i could package that line into an app, distribute it, etc like wang did.. just because it's an app doesn't mean it some sort of complicated ordeal.
 
damiensmunki said:
What could theoretically be stolen by an app like this? I had a brain-fart and ran this without thinking, and now I'm paranoid as hell.
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I screwed up, too. I don't know why I didn't set airplane mode before running. I think the need to know if I got a superior Samsung chip was too strong. I lost the panel lottery on my Retina Macbook Pro and got the non-Samsung panel and have been stuck with BS image retention for 3+ years now.
 
Samsung S8000 here, no issues with performance or battery here (came from a Note 4 though).
 
Benny_G said:
I got 2531/4394 TSMC. So frickin pissed. Just ripped all my screen protectors off and packaged my phone back up. Its getting sent back first thing in the morning..
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Doesn't matter. To us far superior Samsung A9 owners, you will always forever be a tainted and inferior second class citizen, branded with a scarlet letter.

Your so-called life is basically over at this point.
 
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I hope that it's true that TSMC got 70 percent of the SoC orders. The ones Samsung fabricated will be ok I suppose, but in reality TSMC has a great track record for chip design. They have been making awesome chips for years
 
Benny_G said:
I got 2531/4394 TSMC. So frickin pissed. Just ripped all my screen protectors off and packaged my phone back up. Its getting sent back first thing in the morning..
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This post was the single largest word fail in the history of the human race. Let word ring forth throughout the land that we have discovered the craziest nonsense ever.
 
flat five said:
the 'app' is like one line of code.. i imagine the dev spent a lot more time creating the webpage, database, sorting, and the pie charts etc instead of trying to identify the cpu..

for example.. type
Code: 
sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string
into terminal and it will return

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4771 CPU @ 3.50GHz
(for this imac i'm on)

..
i could package that line into an app, distribute it, etc like wang did.. just because it's an app doesn't mean it some sort of complicated ordeal.
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machdep isn't available on iOS.

Here you go:

Code: 
extern CFPropertyListRef MGCopyAnswer(CFStringRef question);
static const CFStringRef kMGHardwarePlatform = CFSTR("HardwarePlatform");

void foo() {
    CFStringRef hardwarePlatform = MGCopyAnswer(kMGHardwarePlatform);
    NSLog(@"Hardware Platform = %@", hardwarePlatform);
    CFRelease(hardwarePlatform);
}

If this says s8000, it's a Samsung CPU. If it says s8003, it's TSMC.

Feel free to put a UI on it. :)
 
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