....this seems to say what already has been claimed.......he does claim QCOM and MediaTek will be on TSMC 16nm in 2016......my guess is by mid year.
TSMC to trail Samsung by 14pp in FinFET in 2015, says Barclays
Josephine Lien, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES [Thursday 30 October 2014]
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will have a 39% share in the FinFET process segment in 2015 compared to Samsung Electronics' 53%, according to an estimate of Barclays Capital Securities Taiwan.
TSMC will move into the FinFET segment with its 16nm process, while Samsung will take the lead by entering 14nm node.
However, TSMC's share in the sector is expected to soar to 61% in 2016, whereas Samsung and Globalfoundries combined are expected to account for 39%, Barclays noted. Clients for TSMC's 16nm process will include Xilinx, MediaTek and Qualcomm.
The projection endorsed a recently comment made by TSMC chairman Morris Chang, who said TSMC will recapture its market leadership in the FinFET segment in 2016 after losing out to Samsung slightly in 2015.
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