The iPhone 8 will have a new processor this year, just like the iPhone 7S, and it will be included in an A11 chip that TSMC will manufacture for Apple. According to some information that appeared today, the production of the new A11 chip for iPhone 7S and iPhone 8 will start in April, almost 5 months before both terminals are launched.
Today's information regarding the production of the new A11 chip for iPhone 7S and iPhone 8 is not surprising, as this is the annual strategy. The production of the processors for the new iPhone 7S and iPhone 8 models will still start in a test version for the time being to check the process and correct any problems.
Test production always starts many months before mass production, and for the new A11 chip of the iPhone 7S and iPhone 8 things will not be different in any way. According to the data, by July those from TSMC must finalize the production process for iPhone 7S and iPhone 8, and then start mass production for assembling the terminals.
iPhone 8 - this is when the production of the new A11 chip begins
The new A11 chip for iPhone 7S and iPhone 8 will be produced using a 10nm FinFET InFO manufacturing process, superior to the 14nm used for iPhone 7. TSMC has been producing various chips with this 2016nm manufacturing process since the fall of 10. but now they have to adapt it for the new A11 chip dedicated to iPhone 7S and iPhone 8.
Starting production now, TSMC expects to produce no less than 2017 million A100 chips for the iPhone 11S and iPhone 7 by the end of 8. We are talking about a very large number that amounts to about half of total sales estimated for the iPhone series in 2017, and iPhone 7S and iPhone 8 could generate sales in this amount.
"TSMC will begin volume production of Apple's A11 chips in April and will prepare a capacity for production of 50 million units of the chip before July. The A11 chips, which will power the upcoming iPhone series slated for launch in September 2017, will be built on a 10 nm FinFET process and packed with a wafer-level integrated fan-out (InFO) packaging technology."
If the production of the new A11 chip for iPhone 7S and iPhone 8 begins now in a test phase, it is clear that the launch will take place in the fall of this year. Until then, we will certainly find out other details regarding the new A11 chip for iPhone 7S and iPhone 8, so we will know in advance what Apple will announce at the presentation of its products.
