Apple has announced that it’s putting up US$100 billion (~RM422 billion) in domestic investments. The company has also announced its American Manufacturing Program to make some iPhone components in country. This involves working with some partner brands. One of them is Samsung, a rival in the smartphone market, from which the bitten fruit brand is getting some of its chip supply.
Reuters reports that Samsung’s chip plant in Texas will be supplying chips to Apple. The report includes a company statement that reads “this facility will supply chips that optimise power and performance of Apple products, including iPhone devices”. The report cites Kiwoom Securities analyst as previously saying that some of the chips in question would be for image sensors of the iPhone 18 series.
Of course, Samsung is not the only brand that Apple is working with for chip supply. Other names in the list includes Texas Instruments, GlobalWafers, GlobalFoundries, and Amkor for packaging. But circling back to Samsung, the fruit company specifically mentions its Austin, Texas fab as the source.
The company is not alone in getting Samsung to make its hardware. Tesla recently made a deal with the South Korean tech giant worth US$16.5 billion (~RM69.78 billion). This will see the latter make the former’s A16 chips through to 2033. That being said, the Tesla announcement involves the Taylor fab instead.
