Chinese media reported a marked increase in the number of orders for the release of 16-nm products by TSMC company.
It is clarified that the interest in the 16-nm products does not come from Apple. Contract manufacturer of semiconductor products has received orders for the release of 16-nm graphics and mobile processors, as well as components for virtual reality devices. TSMC's can produce 16-nm products will be loaded on a 100% up to the end of September, at least. This will allow the company to increase revenues for the quarter by 19% compared to the previous. In general, for the year TSMC must receive more than 20% of the proceeds from the execution of orders for the release of 16-nm products.
Of course, NVIDIA company contributes in this, it receives from TSMC GPUs GP104, used in the GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 1070. These processors are manufactured on 16-nm technology with FinFET-structures.