The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, has begun risk production of 5 nanometre (nm) chipsets that would be featured in future super-efficient flagship smartphones and expects to be ready to begin mass production in the first half of 2020. "The mass production of the new standard is scheduled for 2020 if everything goes as planned. For chipsets coming out later this year, TSMC has the 7nm+ process ready. It should offer 6-12% reduction in power consumption and 20 per cent higher transistor density compared to the current 7nm process. Apple for example only has TSMC as its main supplier until 2020, the company will likely be responsible for the chips inside the newer 2019 iPhones, the report added.

Source: Mint May 10, 2019 07:52 UTC