(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)After a five-year hiatus, Samsung Electronics will return to manufacturing chips for Apple's new iphone in 2018, according to a report from the Korea Herald. The South Korea-based electronic company was a primary producer of iPhone chips until 2013, when Apple awarded its rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) exclusive production rights. In 2011, Apple sued Samsung over patent infringement, and the company cut down the number of components it got from its competitor from that time. Apple and Samsung didn't respond to requests for comment. Samsung announced in March that it would purchase specialized machines, reportedly in an attempt to produce seven-nanometer processors for the iPhone and regain Apple's business.
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Samsung to produce chips for Apple's new iPhone next year
Samsung to resume making iPhone A-series chips from next year – report
Apple used to split its A-series chip production between Samsung and TSMC, until switching exclusively to the Taiwanese company for the iphone 7. Samsung recently purchased extreme ultra violet lithography machines, the most advanced chip manufacturing equipment, to produce seven-nanometer mobile processors solely for iPhone. A report out of Korea says that Samsung – dropped by Apple as a supplier for iPhone processor chips last year – will once more share production with TSMC from next year. There were also suggestions that the Samsung version of the A9 chip in the iPhone 6s was less efficient than the TSMC one. TSMC has recently kept ahead of Samsung in the never-ending race toward ever-smaller chips, with its 7nm process a key reason for winning orders for next year's iPhones.
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