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Quote: Originally Posted by philgar yeah, I'm sure apple's RTL and layout engineers have made multiple separate versions of their A7 to support multiple foundrys. I mean, having multiple sources is worth paying tens of millions in engineering …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jameskatt2 Samsung must be so embarrassed and ashamed that they have to make Apple's 64-bit A7 CPU. Samsung is likely very happy to have won this business and that Apple is taking the lead on 64-bit ARM. See: http://f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy Really? I found indications they may have signed an architectural license this year, but years past looks like just a standard licensee. http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/29/samsung-new-arm-compatible-exynos-pr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Woochifer Samsung though is handcuffed in that they do not possess an ARM architectural license. Even if they already knew that Apple was moving to a 64-bit architecture, Samsung does not have the licensing needed to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheUnfetteredMind Sounds like it means his speculation (hope?) was incorrect. So I guess Samsung was not surprised then and were just responding to the announcement. Surprised they didn't announce their work on a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by thataveragejoe Samsung doesn't design processors. They directly license the Cortex IP design from ARM itself and fab them. ( http://www.arm.com/products/processors/licensees.php) Samsung licenses cores from ARM and is …
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Both the A6 in the 5c and the A7 in the are dual sourced. Chipworks will eventually show this. A8 sourcing will not be finalized until the fabs mature their 20nm offerings. It was not the secrecy around 64-bit, but the under-reported dual sourcing o…
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DED got the story mostly correct. I don't need to provide extra links to verify my claims. DED already has them in his editorial. Moreover, all you really need to know to realize my claims are true is that Apple innovates its hardware and software t…
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New A6s and the A7 (28nm) are both dual-sourced from Samsung and TSMC. A8 (20nm) will likely also be dual sourced (Apple's CEO is a supply-chain expert). Samsung was not blindsided by A7. ARMv8 is still new and even ARM itself continues to find aspe…