Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, better known as TSMC, has already started to give the finishing touches to the design of A11 chip, a processor that will be manufactured in a 10nm FinFET. According to DigiTimes, TSMC is now ready to print chips that use the iPhone 2017, although some rumors say that what they are prepared to do is start manufacturing processors some tests to be performed before starting mass production.
After finishing with the final design of the A11 processors, TSMC expects to achieve certification process 10nm manufacturing in the last quarter of 2016. In the first quarter of 2017, the Taiwanese company would begin to deliver samples to Apple and once Tim Cook and company give them the nod, they could already start mass production of what will be the processor of the iPhone 7s, iPhone 8 or whatever you have planned (do not forget that next year is the 10th anniversary of iPhone).
Rumors say that TSMC will take care of making all A10 processors including the iPhone 7. Still, expect only make two - thirds of the A11 processors that will arrive in 2017, a forecast that, in my opinion, has become being cautious.
The 10nm processor would have an efficiency 30-40% higher than the current A9, a device that is manufactured in a process of 14-16nm, depending on whether Samsung or TSMC manufactured. If we add the probable arrival of an AMOLED screen, the autonomy of the iPhone 2017 greatly enhanced, especially if we use black backgrounds on the screen. An AMOLED display only consumes power in pixels on. In addition, since 2017 the year of the tenth anniversary of the iPhone, we can still expect some news that could further improve autonomy. The trouble is that, as always, we will have to wait to find out.
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