Apple has allegedly demanded that both Samsung and TSMC cut the price of the Apple A9 chipset that the pair sell to the tech giant for the Apple iPhone 6s and Apple iPhone 6s Plus. 蘋果議價老戲碼
Samsung has apparently agreed to the new terms, hoping to become Apple's main source for the chip. Samsung has agreed to give Apple back-end services for practically no cost. 三星爽快答應,後段服務免費
Because TSMC has not been as open to lowering its pricing, the company might end up with fewer A9 orders from Apple than expected. Without orders for 16nm process chips from other companies to replace the shortfall from Apple, TSMC might have to reduce production from 30,000 wafers a month using the 16nm FinFET process, to fewer than 20,000 wafers. 台積寧丟 1/3 訂單,拒絕降價 !
One pair test 樣本不足 => very True,no argue about that.
1)iP6SP 放大 Samsung ratio to 60% while iP6S limit to 20% 主力 6s 應該多用 cheaper Samsung 突顯 cost down effect,事實不然 implies Apple engrs must know something we don't => 大電池,散熱佳的 6SP 用 Samsung 多一些, we know why