( CNN ) -- Apple 's A5 chip , which powers the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2 , is now being produced in a Texas factory owned by Samsung , Reuters reports , citing sources familiar with the operation . Until now , Apple has mainly relied on Korean and Chinese manufacturers that produced the chips for Apple 's products on their soil . Samsung 's new $ 3.6 billion plant in Austin is the size of nine football fields ( 1.6 million square feet ) , and it 's almost solely dedicated to producing Apple chips . The factory employs some 1,100 workers and it reached full productive capacity this month . This is good news for the city of Austin , where Samsung already has a NAND flash memory factory . According to the Austin Chamber of Commerce , Samsung 's factory is the largest foreign investment in Texas , worth about $ 9 billion . The 45 nm Apple A5 chip runs on either 800 MHz or 1 GHz clock speed , and it 's twice as powerful -- according to Apple -- as its predecessor , the A4 . Interestingly enough , Samsung is producing chips for Apple , although the two companies still have n't resolved their patent war that has been raging on for months . Both Samsung and Apple declined to comment on the deal . [ via Reuters ] . © 2013 MASHABLE.com . All rights reserved .
Report : Apple 's A5 chip is now made in a Texas factory . Reuters says the factory , owned by Samsung , employs 1,100 people . The report also mentions that it will be making chips for other companies as well.