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TSMC enters mass production of 10-nanometer A11 processors

Processor manufacturer TSMC has reportedly entered the mass production stage of its 10-nanometer “A11” processors for Apple’s next-gen iPhone. While the new iPhone’s ship date has yet to be announced, TSMC is said to be applying the same 10-nanometer FinFET manufacturing technique being used to make A10X chips for this year’s 10.5- and 12.9-inch iPad […]

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2017 iPad Pro marks the first Apple device to use a chip built on TSMC 10 nanometer manufacturing process

This is pretty neat. The pros have gotten their hands on Apple’s A10X Fusion processor that shipped with the new iPad Pro and have confirmed that this is the first chip in a device using TMSC’s FinFET 10nm chip fabrication process. The breakdown, published by Tech Insights, discovered a 96.4 square millimeter die size as […]

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Rumor: Apple to drop Samsung, go with TSMC for A10 and A11 processor production

Apple may be dropping Samsung as the manufacturer for its next-gen iPhone processors in favor of TSMC. Back in February, it was rumored that TSMC would be the sole supplier of the A10 chip in the iPhone 7. A new report from Korea claims that the same is true of the A11 chip destined for […]

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Rumor: TSMC finalizing “A11” processor for limited production in Q2 2017

It looks like Apple is starting the queue up design elements for its A11 processor. Apple processor supplier TSMC is rumored to be designing an A11 chip that could be manufactured in small quantities as soon as the second quarter of 2017. Sources have said the chip design is based on the 10-nanometer FinFET process […]

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Rumor: Samsung snags 75% of Apple’s A9 processor orders

Apple and Samsung may have their ongoing legal squabbles, but that doesn’t stop them from making el dinero. Per AppleInsider and the Maeil Business Insider, Samsung has won a huge percentage of orders for the production of Apple’s next-generation “A9” system-on-a-chip, variations of which are expected to power this year’s iOS device lineup, according to […]