Apple already works with TSMC to manufacture the A11 10nm processor

As we have mentioned A few hours ago in the post in which we reported that Foxconn is already working on the glass case of the iPhone 7th anniversary, it seems that the rumor mill about the iPhone is not enough to flood us with rumors about the iPhone 2017. Today it has been spoken again of the iPhone of XNUMX, and is that, according to DigiTimes, Apple already works shoulder to shoulder with TSMC to manufacture the A11 processor.

From the A4, Apple began to call its processors with the letter "A" attached to a number that is increasing every year. In 2017, iOS devices will have to mount the A11, a processor that will be manufactured in a 10nm process. Admittedly, the 10nm manufacturing process was already expected to arrive in 2016, but it has not been possible. Thus, although the A10 will be more efficient than the A9, it will not be as efficient as one might expect. But it seems that this extra efficiency is coming on the XNUMXth anniversary iPhone.

The A11 will use InFO and WLP technologies

Another feature that is expected to come alongside the iPhone 7 is the water resistance, although this property was also expected in 2016. The iPhone 6s is very resistant to water, but it came without IPX7 certification. And if the iPhone that they present in about a month is not officially waterproof, it seems that the XNUMXth anniversary iPhone will be, since it will use technology WLP (water-level packaging). On the other hand, the A11 will also use technology InFO.

TSMC is expected to be in charge of manufacturing the A11 in its entirety, but it should come as no surprise if Apple takes a step back and orders from other companies as well as it has been doing in recent years. If so, TSMC would take care of about 70% of the orders and Samsung would take care of the remaining 30%.