Desi zilnic avocatii companiilor Apple si Samsung se ataca in instante de pe intregul glob, realitatea este ca in momentul de fata Apple este cel mai mare client al companiei asiatice. Punand lucrurile putin in context va spun ca 8.8% din veniturile Samsung sunt asigurate numai de catre Apple si suma se ridica la 7.5 miliarde de dolari in anul 2012, ea fiind cu 60% mai mare decat cea cheltuita anul trecut. Anul acesta companiile au deschise mai multe procese, iar asta pare sa ii motiveze pe cei de la Apple sa cheltuie si mai multi bani pe componentele companiei pe care o tot acuza ca o fura.
Apple accounts for 8.8 percent of Samsung’s revenue, making it the company’s largest customer, according to a Bloomberg supply-chain analysis. The next biggest is Hewlett-Packard Co., providing 3.2 percent. Other chipmakers would probably welcome Apple’s business. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the largest maker of chips to order, said last month that it was open to devoting one or more factories to a single customer. The statement was aimed at Apple or Qualcomm Inc., another maker of mobile chips, according to Sam Wang, an analyst at Gartner.
Still, switching to another foundry such as TSMC would bring challenges. TSMC would have to limit orders from other customers to accommodate Apple’s needs, and it uses a different production technology than Samsung, requiring a redesign of the processors from the ground up.
Daca va intrebati cat de importanta este Apple pentru Samsung, atunci va spun ca in ierarhia clientilor Apple este secondata de HP care insumeaza doar 3.2% din intregul venit al Samsung, deci compania din Cupertino plateste catre Samsung de aproape 3 ori mai multi bani decat orice alt client. Apple in momentul de fata nu se poate distanta de Samsung din cauza preturilor bune pentru componente, dar si a pretului acestora, deci in viitor sumele prezentate mai sus ar putea sa creasca.
