What’s this? … Apple’s current-generation mobile processing chip is being produced on a manufacturing line owned, operated and overseen by the one competitor it is currently in fierce legal battles with?

Yep, you heard right people. Apple and Samsung might not be getting along in their dispute over who copied who, but – (according to Reuters) – that hasn’t stopped Apple from taking advantage of the firm’s production facilities, with the publication noting the A5 processing chip, (currently used in both the iPhone 4S and iPad 2), is reportedly manufactured on a line owned by the company in mid-Texas.

The A5 processor – the brain in the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 – is now made in a sprawling 1.6 million square feet factory in Austin owned by Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics, according to people familiar with the operation.

One of the few major components to be sourced from within the United States, the A5 processor is built by Samsung in a newly constructed $3.6 billion non-memory chip production line that reached full production in early December.

Originally opened in 1996, the manufacturing plant initially specialized in manufacturing and providing NAND flash memory chips to various tech players in the industry. Today, with a cash injection of 3.6 Billion, the factory reportedly serves as a tool to produce semiconductor chips, like that of the A5.