> The chip is probably manufactured in China Available info indicates that the A8 is fabbed on a 20nm process by both Samsung and TSMC [1]. For Samsung, that w

> The chip is probably manufactured in China Available info indicates that the A8 is fabbed on a 20nm process by both Samsung and TSMC [1]. For Samsung, that would indicate production in either the US or South Korea [2]; for TSMC, that would indicate production is in Taiwan [3]. [1] http://recode.net/2014/09/23/teardown-shows-apples-iphone-6-cost-at-least-200-to-build/ http://recode.net/2014/09/23/teardown-shows-apples-iphone-6-... [2] http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/foundry/manufacturing/overview http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/foundry... [3] http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/tsmc-begins-volume-production-of-chips-using-20nm-process-technology/ http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov...