It is expecting to make 50 million of the chips before July, according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News.

For those who came in late the "A11" chips are what is going to be powering the next iPhone which will be launched in September. If you believe the Tame Apple Press, the chip and the phone are going to be super, gamechanging and exciting. Those hacks who have not sold their press credibility are saying that the chip will probably be the only thing that Apple has changed since the iPhone 6.

The chip will will be built on a 10nm FinFET process. TSMC has been making these since the middle of last year and has been shipping them to other customers in the first calendar quarter of 2017.

According to the unreliable Tame Apple Press TSMC is to deliver 100 million "A11" chips before the end of 2017. This figure is important because it slightly ahead of what was delivered by the end of 2017 for the A10 Fusion. This all implies that Apple is expecting to sell more iPhone 8s than iPhone 7s. Which we find doubtful.