The iPhone 7 will have a A10 chip produced by the Taiwanese company TSMC, and if you still weren't convinced of this, well, an Asian publication found out from people inside TSMC that the production of this component is going to start in the coming weeks with a view to the official launch of the product in the fall.
According to this publication, the production of the new A10 chip for iPhone 7 will increase TSMC's earnings by no less than 20% in the third fiscal quarter of 2016, and here we are talking about several billion dollars paid by Apple to buy this component from its Taiwanese partner.
TSMC has become the main manufacturer of iDevice chips since last year, and the scandal chipped motivated Apple to offer him an even higher percentage of the production of the new A10 chip for the iPhone 7, so that most of the new Apple smartphones will have components produced in TSMC's factories.
In 2015, TSMC proved its supremacy over Samsung in terms of manufacturing chips for iDevices, Apple terminals assembled with Taiwanese components heating up less and having better battery life, something that generated very many discussions on the Internet, most of them unfavorable to Apple.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to post nearly 20% sequential growth in third-quarter revenues, as shipments for Apple's A10 processors will kick off soon. Rising chip orders for Android phones, as well as orders for graphics processors and virtual reality (VR) solutions, will also boost revenues at TSMC during the third quarter, the report quoted market watchers as saying.
TSMC is the largest manufacturer of chips for mobile terminals, having more orders even than Samsung, so it has enough factories to be able to accommodate the requests of the Apple company, and if the production will start soon, it is clear that we are talking about a large number of components to be delivered.
Apple's decision to give TSMC the majority of the production of the new A10 chip for iPhone 7 seriously affected Samsung, the Koreans losing not only Apple's money, but also other orders from various mobile terminal manufacturers, they were going to manufacture now up to 25% of the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus chips.
