Tape-out is a timely process but is the last step before product sampling.

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Tape-out is a timely process but is the last step before product sampling.

posted on May 07, 2016 02:59PM

TSMC begins tape-out of 10nm A11 chips for Apple

Julian Ho, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES [Friday 6 May 2016]

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recently begun to tape out the design for Apple's A11 processor built on a 10nm FinFET process, according to industry sources.

TSMC is expected to achieve certification on its 10nm process in the fourth quarter of 2016, and deliver product samples to the customer for validation in the first quarter of 2017, the sources continued.