At the event in San Francisco, vice president of Samsung Electronics company, Hong Hao , said that a large-scale release of semiconductors using 10-nm process technology and FinFET transistors will begin before the end of 2016. The main customer for 10-nm solutions will serve Apple company .
In particular, the jump of Samsung from 20-nm process technology to 14-nm accelerated the development of 10-nm process technology. TSMC Company thus lost momentum during the transition to 16-nm process technology, and Samsung, to all appearances, speed development and introduction of a (potentially) if not surpassed by Intel, then at least caught up.
Also, Samsung company reported that 14-nm FinFET transistors solutions today are released in four factory: two in South Korea and two in the United States.