TSMC is ahead of schedule fits into the Fab 14 under construction equipment necessary for the production of chips with 20-nm technology. Already on 20 April will begin installation of the equipment, though the original schedule allows it two months later. In favorable circumstances Fab 14 will be able to start mass production of 20-nanometer chips by the end of the quarter, in the second half the production volume will be significantly increased.
TSMC accelered 20-nm development to get Apple orders to produce processors generation A7 . Now Samsung is engaged in releasing Apple processors. However, the representatives of TSMC on prospects of cooperation with Apple prefer to remain silent.
In order to accelerate the process TSMC sent to the factory equipment about 100 engineers who ensure proper equipment quality . According to the newspaper Economic Daily News, TSMC representatives on Sunday promised that next year the bulk of the company's revenue will get through the issue of 20-nm chips. Moreover, production of 16-nm chips can begin in TSMC enterprises first quarter of 2014.