Report: iPhone 7 to exclusively made by TSMC, utilize 10nm


The Electronic Times via 9 to 5 Mac:

According to a report from South Korean news outlet The Electronic Times, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, better known as TSMC, has reached a deal with Apple to be the sole provider of the processor used in the next-generation iPhone. TSMC and Samsung shared the task of building the processors for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.

I think it's clear Apple has been trying to wean itself from relying on competitor Samsung. For the iPhone 6/6Plus, Apple used TSMC exclusively, but came back to Samsung to fill part of its needs for the 6s/6s Plus.

The next generation chip is expected to utilize 10-nanometer process, which should offer greater performance to power consumption over the current A9 processor.