iPhone 7 it is going to be launched in about half a year by the Apple company, and until then the partners from Cupertino must plan their production of components and then the calendar for assembling the first units that will reach the market.
TSMC has already started to plan the initiation of the production of A10 chips for iPhone 7, the Taiwanese going on to double the total production of chips produced using a 16nm manufacturing process from 40.000 per month to 80.000 units per month starting in March.
TSMC is the main manufacturer of chips A9 and A9X for Apple using a 16nm manufacturing process, and today's information suggests that The iPhone 7 will have an A10 chip produced using a 16nm manufacturing process, the quantities of components will still be higher.
For iPhone 7 the Apple company would have chosen TSMC as the exclusive manufacturer of the A10 chip to avoid a scandal similar to the chipgate initiated last year due to the Samsung company producing an A9 chip inferior to the one manufactured by TSMC.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) monthly output capacity on its 16nm process technology will grow to 80,000 12-inch wafers later in March from 40,000 units in February, according to a recent Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. The upcoming ramp-up of 16nm production capacity will buoy TSMC's sales performance starting March, the report quoted market watchers as indicating.
TSMC is going to start the production of A10 chips for iPhone 7 in June or July at the latest, with the first components arriving at Foxconn most likely in August.
TSMC's decision to double production is certainly based on a request made by the Apple company, and this means that in Cupertino there are expectations for very high sales of iPhone 7 and 7 Plus terminals.
