TSMC first came to the exclusive 10nm production for the new iPad’s A10X processor, there is the latest news that 10nm yield problem, fear of Apple’s original schedule in March next year, published a new iPad was forced to postpone the schedule.
Unnamed sources said TSMC originally scheduled to begin production in the first quarter of next year, ten nanometer chips, but the nano-process yield “lower than expected” may affect the shipment progress. If the chip supply is low, Apple would have to stretch the time to prepare for inventory. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company spokesman Sun Youwen Yan Zheng refuted, this is false rumors, please outsiders do not listen to rumors, and the company will not respond to false rumors.
Earlier market adoption iPad will use the most advanced 10-nanometer process A10X chip, not only lower power consumption, function and thermal efficiency is also better, so save more space, function beyond the iPhone 7 currently used in the A10 chip. A10 chip is currently used in 16-nanometer process. frb-wt145
However, AppleInsider pointed out that Apple has not specifically for the “X” chip using more advanced process, such as the Apple A9 and A9X mainly used is 16 nm, only part of the A9 with 14 nm.
Rumors of the market Apple will launch the first quarter of next year, three iPad: 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2, respectively, there are low-cost version of the 9.7-inch iPad, plus the new size of 10.5 inches iPad Pro. Earlier came the 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2 and 10.5-inch iPad Pro, will be equipped with TSMC ten nanometer chip.
The same 10-nanometer process will also be used to produce A11 chip, as the iPhone 8 processor, but is expected to be in the second quarter of next year will begin production of A11 chip. xc6slx75-3fgg484c
Legal persons believe that even if the market rumors are true, the new process in the early yield is not high is normal, because every process has been learning curve, but the current high level of TSMC technical capacity, will be able to ship before a large number of good The rate of a substantial increase in order to meet customer demand for production capacity, estimated that the impact is not significant.
