Apple Talks About Sole Sourcing from TSMC

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TAIPEI , Oct. 24, 2017 –  At its 30^th anniversary celebration this week, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) hosted a forum of key customers including semiconductor CEOs and Apple chief operating officer Jeff Williams.

Williams provided a rare glimpse into TSMC's role as the sole supplier of Apple's A11 application processor and where he sees the electronics industry going in the next ten years.

From now to TSMC's ramp up of 7nm process technology in 2018, TSMC will probably remain the sole source of application processors for Apple, according to independent analyst Andrew Lu, who writes reports for information provider Smartkarma.

At the 7nm+ node starting later in 2018, Samsung will be very competitive on technology and pricing, and TSMC may lose some of Apple's business at that point, Lu said.

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