Samsung Soon To Create Chips For IPhones In The US

JAKARTA - Apple has announced that Samsung will soon manufacture chips for its products, including iPhones. The chips will be produced in Texas, United States.

The program comes as part of Apple's announcement to invest an additional 100 billion US dollars in the US over the next four years. Apple also said it would buy chips from Samsung's plant in Austin, Texas, for some of its products, including their phones.

"This facility will supply chips that optimize the power and performance of Apple products, including iPhone devices," Apple said in a statement.

While it is not yet clear how much the role of this Samsung-made chip is in shaping Apple's A series processor, this news is certainly interesting to see these two tech giants working together again for the iPhone's crucial components.

Currently, Samsung has no role in making the iPhone A series processor the work is fully done by TSMC, a Taiwanese company. However, this South Korean company has long been the main supplier to other components such as screens, RAMs, and memory chips for the iPhone.

Samsung itself has historically produced series A chips for Apple, particularly from A4 chips used on the iPhone 4 to A9 chips on the iPhone 6s. However, after the A9 chip, Apple moved its entire chip production to TSMC.

It would be a big breakthrough if Samsung once again started making series A chips for Apple from the US, but that doesn't seem to be the case in the near future. Apple is expected to take advantage of TSMC's 3nm process for its A19 and A19 Pro chips, which will power the iPhone 17 line.