Design & Reuse

TSMC signs up Apple for three-year FinFET deal

Peter Clarke, EETimes
6/24/2013 6:48 AM EDT

LONDON – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. is set to supply Apple with processors using its FinFET process at the 16- and 10-nm nodes, after beginning with 20-nm planar CMOS, according to a report from Digitimes that referenced unnamed sources.

TSMC's IC design service partner Global UniChip, which works with customers to help prepare chips for the foundry, is also involved in the three-year deal, Digitimes report said.