Apple Inc manufacturing partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co has started mass production of next-generation processors for new iPhones launching later this year, according to people familiar with the matter. In April, TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, said it started mass-producing 7-nanometer processors, but didn’t disclose it was building them for a specific partner. Apple would be one of the first phone makers to use the new chip technology in consumer devices, but it isn’t the only one. Apple is also trying to get ahead of 7-nanometer designs from Qualcomm Inc, the biggest maker of mobile phone chips. TSMC wants to spend more than US$10bil (RM39.75bil) to expand its Hsinchu headquarters production facility, which includes a research and development center where it builds the latest chip technology.

Source: The Star May 23, 2018 06:33 UTC