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At the beginning of this month, it was reported that the TSMC will not be manufacturing the next generation A9 chips for the iPhone 6S or the iPhone 7. At that time, it was found that Samsung and GlobalFoundries would be processing all the orders of A9 chips. However, according to the new reports from the well-known analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI Securities, TSMC has been assigned 30 percent of the A9 chips. At the start of 2015 too it was reported TSMC would be allocated with certain orders of A9 chips.

Ming-Chi Kuo is of the view that GlobalFoundries is encountering difficulties in manufacturing the A9 chips. Hence, it could yield only 30 percent of the A9 chipset orders, reports Mac Rumours. However, in order to begin mass production of the iPhone 6S or the iPhone 7, a yield of 50 percent of A9 chips is required.

Reports claim that the Cupertino company is content with the 16 nm technology driven chips from TSMC. Apple feels that after the success of the recently released Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge, the South Korean tech giant would be concentrating on building in-house Exynos chipsets. The Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge are driven by Exynos 7420 built with 14 nm process.

In order to ensure that the requirements of chips are dealt comfortably, it will be working with TSMC to power up the next generation iPhone. As far as other features are concerned, the next iPhone would be feature the Force Touch technology that is somewhat similar to the one found on Apple Watch, states Phone Arena. Apple is also rumoured to be working on iPhones called the iPhone 6C and the iPhone 6C plus that will come with a dual camera setup.

Apple may also employ the Apple Watch’s Taptic Engine feature and the models that will feature it will be called the iPhone 6S and the iPhone 6S Plus. As of this writing, there is no official confirmation from Apple on the names and specifications of the forthcoming iPhones of this year.

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