So what’s the brouhaha all about, you ask? Well, Apple tapped two different partners to manufacture the A9 processor that is the brain of the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus.

The TSMC-built Apple A9. Image credit: Chipworks. Last fall, teardowns conclusively revealed that the A9 processor inside of Apple's (AAPL-3.91%) iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus phones were dual ...

The first A9 chips have rolled off Samsung's fabrication lines in Austin. The chips will be used in the next-generation iPhone from Apple, potentially exploiting 14nm technology, and filling the ...

Apple’s chip partners have moved from a 20-nanometer process to 14/16-nanometer FinFET manufacturing, enabling the A9 to squeeze even more transistors into the same surface area.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest chip fab and a manufacturer of Apple's A9 chips used in iPhone 6s models, has posted earnings that beat analysts estimates for the ...

Teardowns following the iPhone 6s launch have proven that Samsung and TSMC are indeed making A9 chips, and some people have looked at how each chip performs in benchmark tests – the iPhone 6s ...

While these early synthetic benchmarks and processor-intensive tests do hint at the possibility of somewhat better power efficiency for the TSMC A9 over the Samsung A9, any impact on real-world ...

Apple has addressed the spate of chatter about differences in performance between A9 chips used in its new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. We’ve known for a while that some A9 chips were produced by TSMC ...

The A9 processor will likely power this fall's iPhone lineup, which could consist of spruced-up versions of the iPhone 6. Samsung and Apple have the biggest rivalry in the smartphone market, ...

Every year, the patent analysis and competitive intelligence company Chipworks tears down the applications processors found in Apple 's latest iPhones and iPads.

The Apple A9X in all of its glory. Image source: Chipworks. In an earlier column, I tried to provide an estimate of the manufacturing costs of the Apple A9 chip found inside of the iPhone 6s and ...