On 14/16 nm technology behind samsung really let TSMC eat stuffy deficit, while samsung's 14 nm process is not 16 NMFF + technology of TSMC, but half a year's time enough for samsung to persuade leading many customers. Fortunately A9 apple chip not to lose face, TSMC from all kinds of life test will indeed samsung left behind. Over the past six months has been held at TSMC is playing up and out, in order not to repeat it, seems to be accelerating push 7 nm TSMC process mass production.

Will push 7 nm 10 nm hasn't come out? Actual power semiconductor to 10 nm in 2017 production process, and then in the second half of 2018 production 7 nm. The current progress, TSMC has completed 10 nm technology research and development, and ready to trial production in the spring of 2016, the perspective or may be 10 nm in 2017 into the market.

With the progress of the process node, actually very like 20 nm to 10 nm process, because ascension smaller is considered a transitional process, so the TSMC want to catch up with 7 nm as early as possible this has prompted progress.