Apple has long been a key client of Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's biggest contract chipmaker. (Source photos by Makoto Okada and Shinya Sawai)
TAIPEI -- Apple is in the final stage of verifying its first "made in America" cutting-edge processor chips from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s plant in Arizona.
The first batch of commercial mass-produced chips is expected as early as this quarter, after the quality assurance processes are completed, people briefed on the matter said.