Kuo: iPhone 15 Pro Overheating Issues Likely Due to Thermal Compromises, Not 3nm Node

Complaints about heat issues with the iPhone 15 Pro models are not related to TSMC’s 3-nanometer node that was used for the A17 Pro chip, according to well-respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo says that overheating could be caused by “compromises made in the thermal system design” that allowed Apple to cut down on the […]

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MediaTek Dimensity 9200 is here – TSMC N4P node, Arm Cortex-X3 and ray tracing

MediaTek unveiled its latest flagship chipset – the Dimensity 9200 and it brings several firsts to the smartphone industry. This is the first chipset to launch with the Arm Cortex-X3 prime core clocked at 3.05 Ghz and based on the ARMv9 architecture. The CPU also brings 3x Arm Cortex-A715 cores clocked at 2.85GHz and 4x […]

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Report: Apple to use TSMC’s upcoming 3nm node (N3E) for the next iPhone and Mac chips

TSMC introduced the N4 node last year as an extension of its N5 node, those are often referred to as “4nm” and “5nm”, but they are in the same family. The company expects to start shipping chips built on a next generation node, N3, later this year. The evolution of TSMC nodes The N3 node […]

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