The Taiwanese manufacturer TSMC will be in the next year the only manufacturer of SoC Apple A10.
Currently, system-on-a-chip Apple A9, which are used in the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, is manufactured by TSMC and Samsung Electronics. It is not known what proportion of produce each company, but according to experts, about 60-70% of the chips supplied by Samsung, and the rest - TSMC. Note that in some tests, processors from TSMC performed better than Samsung chips .
Analysts at HSBC believe that the production of SoC Apple A10, which will be used in next-generation iPhone, will start in March next year. And if TSMC will be their only manufacturer that it will allow the company the following year to earn an additional 300 ml US dollars, and in 2017 - 1 billion.
This year, Apple orders accounted for about 14% of the income TSMC. Analysts at HSBC believe that next year, this figure could rise to 24%, and total revenues will grow by 8%.