We are in March and so far I have heard that the partners Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), would have started to produce iPhone 5S in not very large quantities, Samsung si TSMC being the companies that would follow to produce part of the components of the future terminal. Confirming the rumors regarding the production of a chip A7 using a 20nm manufacturing process, Digitimes claim that TSMC will start producing this component starting from March, but it would be implemented in iDevices only next year.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to tape out Apple's A7 processor on a 20nm process in March and then move the chip into risk production in May-June, which will pave the way for commercial shipments in the first quarter of 2014, according to industry sources. TSMC declined to comment on the market report.
Apple doesn't seem convinced yet of TSMC's ability to have good yield rates for chip production A7, so for now the Taiwanese will produce few processors in a test period. This may suggest that Apple would launch iPhone 5S in the summer with an A7 chip and so on iPad 5 he will have it implemented, but for now we are only relying on rumors and simple assumptions.
