AMD and NVIDIA to use TSMC 16nm FinFET process

While TSMC lost orders from Apple and Qualcomm to Samsung as the Korean foundry is ahead with its first-gen FinFET process technology, AMD and NVIDIA will reportedly stick with TSMC's 16nm FinFET process for GPU production.

Word on the street is that AMD will use the 14nm FinFET process from GlobalFoundries for its processors, while TSMC's 16nm FinFET will be used for GPUs like Greenland.

NVIDIA on the other hand added Samsung to its list of foundries earlier this year, but will continue to use TSMC for the next-generation GP100 "Pascal" series GPUs.

Other clients of TSMC's 16nm FinFET include Apple, Avago, Broadcom, HiSilicon Technologies, LG Electronics, MediaTek and Xilinx.