Apple's Next-gen iPhone Chip Being Prepped
TSMC is expected to tape out one of the final steps before manufacturing - Apple's A7 chip
Apple and its manufacturing partner are readying the next-generation processor expected to land in future iPhones and iPads. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, is expected to tape out - one of the final steps before manufacturing - Apple's A7 chip this month, according to a report in Digitimes.
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That will set the stage for pilot production by TSMC this summer and commercial production by the first quarter of 2014. The A7 will use TSMC's future 20-nanometer manufacturing process -- which isn't expected to be ready until 2014. Apple, in fact, is designing products now based on the TSMC's 20-nanometer process, according to sources contacted by CNET who are familiar with TSMC's plans.
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