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Bloomberg reports that TSMC has begun mass production of the 7-nanometer processors that are due to feature in this year’s iPhone line-up. Expected to be called the A12 chip, the new processor should be a vast improvement on the current 10-nanometer chips that are used in the latest iPhones and...

9to5 Mac reports today that according to a new report from Digitimes, one of Apple’s main partners, TSMC, is set to experience record profits this year, thanks in large part to its manufacturing of Apple’s forthcoming A12 system-on-a-chip for the 2018 iPhone line-up. Apple’s iPhone X and iPhone...

According to a new report from Digitimes, via BGR, TSMC has beaten Samsung in the race to obtain the contract to supply the chips for this year’s iPhone line-up, and it seems that TSMC’s new chip will blow away Samsung’s own bespoke chip for the Galaxy S9 and Note 9. The new Samsung chips will...

According to a new report in DigiTimes, via MacRumors, Apple and TSMC are currently working together to solve issues that hamper the mass-production of micro-LED display panels. Apparently, Apple and TSMC are in the process of developing applications using silicon-based backplanes (silicon...

According to a new report from DigiTimes, via AppleInsider, the iPhone 8 10nm A11 chip has entered mass production at TSMC. Apparently, TSMC is using the same 10-nanometer FinFET manufacturing technique that is also being used to make the A10X chips for the current 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch iPad...

According to a new report in The Korea Herald, via MacRumors, Samsung Electronics is set to return to manufacturing chips for Apple’s iPhone line-up from 2018. Currently, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the sole supplier for the A10 chip for the iPhone 7 and the A11 chip...

AppleInsider reports that Tech Insights has found that the A10X Fusion processor in the newly released iPad Pro models is the first chip in a device to use TMSC’s FinFET 10nm chip-making process. According to Tech Insights’ breakdown, the A10X Fusion die size is 96.4 square millimetres...

It looks like the iPhone 8 is finally on its way, with AppleInsider reporting today that TSMC has started production of the 10-nanometer chips for this year’s new iPhone models. Production had previously been delayed due to issues with “stacking components in the backend integrated fan-out...

According to a report from MyDrivers, via AppleInsider, based on sources in Apple’s supply chain, Apple could be about to use TSMC’s new 7-nanometer chips in its 2018 iPhone line-up. The new process is currently undergoing a trial period at TSMC, but the company then expects to begin...

Bloomberg Technology reports that the world’s biggest contract chip maker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), is enjoying record profits, with an increase of 32% in 2016, which is its highest ever level in relation to MSCI Inc.’s global technology stocks gauge. So successful has...

According to a report in Nikkei Asian Review, via 9to5 Mac, Apple could be using Intel chips in iPhones instead of Samsung or TSMC chips as soon as 2018. The prediction was made by semiconductor analysts who think that Intel’s newfound interest in producing ARM-based chips as well as chips...

According to a new report in the Chinese-language Economic Daily News, via MacRumors, Apple has awarded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) a contract to exclusively manufacture the forthcoming A11 processor for the 2017 iPhone 8. This means that the company will have successfully...

We’ve not even had the iPhone 7 announced yet, let alone launched, yet already rumours are surfacing about the iPhone 7s. According to a new report from DigiTimes, via AppleInsider, Apple’s processor supplier TSMC is already working on the design for an A11 chip prior to a small production run...

Last week Apple spoke about the supposed superiority of the battery life of the Samsung A9 chip used in some iPhone 6s and 6s Plus in comparison with the TSMC A9 chip, after a Geekbench battery test was reported to have shown the Samsung chip beating the TSMC chip by a large margin. At the...