Giant semiconductor manufacturer TSMC will churn out the microprocessors for Apple’s next iPad.
That’s the word on the Taiwanese street. Digitimes reports that TSMC is already making Apple A8 CPUs for iPhone 6 smartphones.
Apple is expected to announce the next generation of its iPad in the New Year – amidst consistent reports that sales of tablets are flagging.
The CPUs will be built on a 20 nanometre process and, the report added, is codenamed the A8X.
Shrinking the die to 20 nanometres accounted for 10 percent of its revenues in Q3 2014.
TSMC turned over $6.87 billion in its third financial quarter of this year.
