A month ago it was reported that one of the first 7nm processors, the Apple A12, was in mass production at TSMC in Taiwan. That news came from 'people familiar with the matter', anonymous industry sources, via Bloomberg. Today we have much stronger confirmation that 7nm production has been scaled up to meet volume commercial demand thanks to a statement from TSMC CEO CC Wei, as reported by Taiwan's DigiTimes.
Wei's comments were delivered at TSMC's technology symposium in Hsinchu, Taiwan on 21st June. The CEO was deliberate in his comments, aiming to dispel rumours that the firm's 7nm production yield rate was raised at a slower-than-expected pace.
Providing deeper production performance details to the gathered audience, Wei added that the ramp-up of 7nm chip output will boost TSMC's overall production capacity to 12 million 12-inch equivalent wafers in 2018. That figure is a substantial gain on 2017's figure of 10.5 million units.
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