Impi yelungelo lobunikazi phakathi kwe-Apple ne-Samsung ayizange ithinte ubudlelwano babo bebhizinisi ekuqaleni. AbakwaSamsung baqhubekile nokuhlinzeka ngezikrini ze-iPad Entsha nama-chips, amafoni namathebulethi, kwa-Apple njengokungathi akwenzekanga lutho. Okwamanje ezikrinini akukashiwo lutho kodwa konke kukhomba lokho AbakwaSamsung ngeke benze iprosesa ye-A7 kulindeleke ukuthi ifike kuthebhulethi elandelayo yenkampani yaseMelika, i-iPad 4, kanye nocingo lwayo olulandelayo, i-iPhone 6.
Iphephandaba laseNingizimu Korea I-Korean Times iqoqa ubufakazi obungaziwa bomakadebona wesikhulu sakwa-Samsung obonisa ukuthi ubudlelwano phakathi kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili zokukhiqiza ama-chip sebuzophela. Izoyeka ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bembangi yayo enkulu futhi izosebenzisa izinsizakalo zenkampani yaseTaiwan TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) yokwakhiwa kwe i-chip A7 okukholakala ukuthi iyi-quad-core futhi yakhelwe phezu kwe inqubo ku-20 nm.
Kuze kube manje i-Apple iklame ama-chips futhi i-Samsung iwakhiqize endaweni yayo engu-32 nm. Abanye abahlaziyi basikisela ukuthi i-Apple ibheka ukukhiqizwa kwe-nm ephansi (ama-nanometers) nokuthi lesi yisisekelo sesinqumo hhayi ukucasuka phakathi kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili ngengxabano yezomthetho yakamuva. Khumbula, ukwazi ukwakha kuma-nanometer ambalwa kukuvumela ukuthi ubeke ama-transistors amaningi endaweni encane futhi thola ukusebenza okungcono nokusebenza kahle kwamandla.
Enye imininingwane eqinisekisa ukuthi umsuka wesinqumo ukuzinikela okucacile ekuthuthukisweni kwezobuchwepheshe ku- ukuqashwa kwakamuva kukaJim Mergard ngu-Apple. UMergard ubeyiphini likamongameli kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu kwezobunjiniyela kwa-AMD iminyaka eyi-16. Kuyamangaza ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe wokugcina wawukwaSamsung. UJim Mergard unguchwepheshe kuma-chips e-SoC, okungukuthi, uhlelo lwe-chip oluhlanganisa i-CPU ne-GPU ku-chip eyodwa, njengawo wonke ama-Apple chips kusukela ku-A4. Ngaphezu kwalokho, unguchwepheshe kuma-laptop processors. I-Apple ifuna ukusebenzisa lesi sipiliyoni ukuze igxilise kabusha isu layo lokukhiqiza iphrosesa.
AbakwaSamsung bebesebenzela ukwakhiwa kwama-chips ku-20 nm ngisho naku-14 nm isikhathi esithile futhi bazokwazi ukwenza lokho ngo-2013, kodwa njengoba kuboniswe ngumphathi, okwaxoxwa naye yiphephandaba laseKorea, I-Apple ifuna ukunciphisa ukuncika onayo imbangi yakho futhi uyeke ukufaka imali ukuze ukhulise lowo mncintiswano. Futhi akudingekile ukukhohlwa ukuthi lezo zeCupertino ziyiklayenti eliyinhloko lenkampani yaseNingizimu Korea, ikhiqize u-9% wenzuzo yayo wezinto eziqanjiwe abenzela zona.