MediaTek has dismissed a recent Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report indicating the company plans to cut its 10nm chip orders by nearly 50%.

The report claimed, without citing its source, that MediaTek has revised downward its 10nm-chip demand outlook for 2017, nearly halving its anticipated wafer starts at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).

MediaTek said in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) it was not the source of the report.

TSMC reportedly will start fulfilling 10nm chip orders placed by MediaTek for its Helio X30 chips in the first quarter of 2017, according to previous reports. The foundry's other 10nm chip customers include Apple for the A11 chips that will power the next-generation iPhone 8, HiSilicon for its Kirin 970 chips, and Spreadtrum.