In full accordance with the promises , TSMC company officially announced the completion of all stages for the verification phase of the pilot production of semiconductors with the norms 16FF + - this is the second phase of the introduction of 16-nm process technology on the lines of using a FinFET transistors. In contrast to the first phase of a 16-nm production (16FF), process technology with the plus will be based on transistors with a slightly smaller size bolt than with conventional 16-nm process technology. This will improve the speed and energy performance of semiconductors.
The company specified that the mass production of products using workflow 16FF + starts in July 2015. This is the first official confirmation of the launch date of the improved 16-nm process technology into mass production. Thus TSMC also makes it clear that the technical process 16FF may be unclaimed.
In light of this urgency 16-nm becomes questionable. There are suspicions that Apple is again almost in full production returns branded application processors Ax (9) on the line of Samsung.