The iPhone 6, Apple's rumoured 2014 phablet entry, is likely to source its CPU might from A-series mobile chip processors that are made entirely in the United States and by American hands, a new report said.

According to Piper Jaffray analyst Jagadish Iyer, the iPhone and iPad maker could be seriously looking into the possibility of setting its in-house chip fabrication plant, with New York serving as the foundry site.

Mr. Iyer based his assessment on a recent job fair held in Fishkill, New York by the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) that led to the recruitment of U.S.-based engineers.

He added that TSMC's latest activities are connected to its recently sealed mobile chip manufacturing agreement with Apple, which was finalised in June 2013, leading to the production of A8 chips that uses sub-20-nanometer processes, beginning in Q1 2014.

The deal stretches for three years, Apple Insider said in a report, and will supply the chips that will be installed on iPhone and iPad builds from 2014 through 2016. It is widely believed that the phablet-size iPhone will be the first to showcase the Apple CPU that is not built by Samsung.

Now it appears too that the big-screen iOS 7 smartphone will be powered by chips fashioned out in U.S. soil and with the help of American workforce if Iyer's assertion is to be believed.

The analyst told Apple Insider that "our checks do indicate that Apple has been hiring a number of process technologists in chip manufacturing."

Iyer added that the alleged Apple-TSMC decision to move some of its operations in mainland America makes sense. "With Apple's supply chain for processors shifting to TSMC from Samsung, we believe Apple could better monitor its supply chain while de-risking itself."

He added that the initial batches of engineers hired by TSMC will be deployed first to Taiwan, where the company is headquartered, for extensive training.

The iPhone 6 is forecasted by analyst for a release date between the months of January and March in 2014 and to be followed shortly by the iPad Mini 2 debut set for April.