It is believed that the Korean company Samsung is very interested in obtaining orders to release the next generation of Apple processors, and in this case it has to compete with TSMC.
South Korean edition of Business Korea reported that TSMC is ready to begin production of a risky 10-nm products in the second quarter of next year, and in the second half of the year to offer customers products of mass generation. Taiwanese contractor is interested in receiving orders from Qualcomm and Apple to release 10-nm products.
It is expected that within the 10-nm CPU clock speed will be able to raise by up to 20%, or you can reduce power consumption by up to 40% when compared with the 14-nm process technology. In the case of Samsung and TSMC, using 10-nm technology standards will coexist with FinFET. Samsung Company intends to master the mass production of 10-nm products by the end of 2016, and if its plans are not subject to adjustment, TSMC have a chance to beat the competition. On the other hand, in May Samsung already demonstrated a silicon wafer with a 10 nm chips, although usually the company does not use such techniques. This may indicate that in the fight for customers TSMC and Samsung will accelerate the introduction of 10-nm technology.