Next year’s iPhone 17 Pro will be the first iPhone to sport a chipset built on TSMC’s 2nm process, according to a new report today. TSMC announced it started working on a 2nm process back in 2022, and even back then rumor had it the iPhone 17 Pro would be the first device to get […]
Read MoreApple chipmaker TSMC is making progress toward manufacturing 2nm and 1.4nm chips that are likely destined for future generations of Apple silicon, DigiTimes reports. The manufacturing time frames for mass production of 2nm and 1.4nm chips have now apparently been determined: Trial production of the 2nm node will begin at in the second half of […]
Read MoreApple is already designing the chips that will use TSMC’s next-generation 2-nanometer fabrication process, according to information allegedly sourced from an Apple employee on LinkedIn. Originally captured by Korean website gamma0burst and shared on X (Twitter) by the leaker Revegnus (@Tech_Reve), the information appears in a heavily redacted slide said to list the employee’s work […]
Read MoreApple will be the first company to receive chips built on the TSMC’s future 2-nanometer process, DigiTimes said today. According to sources that spoke to the site, Apple is “widely believed to be the initial client to utilize the process.” The report comes from DigiTimes “Tomorrow’s Headlines” alert, so additional details may be available in […]
Read MoreAMD, Apple, MediaTek, Nvidia, and Qualcomm have all been using TSMC’s new fabrication technologies to make their new semiconductor chips. While some of them also use Samsung Foundry to make their chips, they are usually not the flagship models. Samsung Foundry was hoping that some of them would switch from TSMC to its 3nm process, […]
Read MoreApple will receive all of TSMC’s first-generation 3-nanometer process chips this year for upcoming iPhones, Macs, and iPads, according to industry sources cited by DigiTimes. As early as May, Apple was known to have booked nearly 90% of the Taiwanese pure-play foundry for its upcoming next-gen devices. However, Apple is now projected to take 100% […]
Read MoreOver the past few years, Samsung Foundry lost several chip clients to TSMC due to its lower chip manufacturing yields and thermal issues. However, the South Korean firm is banking on its upcoming 3nm chip manufacturing process to win back clients from TSMC. It is being reported that Samsung’s 3nm chip manufacturing yield has surpassed […]
Read MoreSamsung Foundry and TSMC are the only companies in the world capable of making chips using advanced fabrication processes. While Samsung Foundry started the production of semiconductor chips using its first-generation 3nm GAA process in the second half of 2022, TSMC has just begun making 3nm chips for Apple. Since Apple has booked almost all […]
Read MoreAccording to a new report from Taiwan today, Apple pretty much has a chokehold on TSMC’s supply of 3nm chips this year. TSMC will apparently see the baseline 3nm process technology dominate 90% of its 3nm family capacity in 2023, and nearly 90% of that baseline 3nm capacity has allegedly already been booked by Apple […]
Read MoreApple has booked nearly 90% of chip supplier TSMC’s first-generation 3-nanometer process capacity this year for future iPhones, Macs, and iPads, according to industry sources cited by DigiTimes, providing the Taiwanese foundry with significant growth momentum in the second half of 2023. Apple’s upcoming iPhone 15 Pro models are expected to feature the A17 Bionic […]
Read MoreSamsung’s only competitor in the semiconductor chip manufacturing space is TSMC. The Taiwanese company has a much higher market share than Samsung Foundry and has orders from all the big-name brands, including AMD, Apple, MediaTek, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. On the other hand, Samsung is losing customers, but it has a silver lining right now. TSMC […]
Read MoreApple supplier TSMC is making strides to improve its production capacity for chips based on its cutting-edge 3-nanometer process technology, according to industry sources, which is expected to debut in this year’s iPhone 15 Pro and upcoming MacBook models. DigiTimes reports that TSMC’s 5nm fabrication capacity began to loosen in November 2022 as a result […]
Read MoreApple has reportedly secured all available orders for N3, TSMC’s first-generation 3-nanometer process that is likely to be used in the upcoming iPhone 15 Pro lineup as well as new MacBooks scheduled for launch in the second half of 2023. According to a paywalled DigiTimes report, Apple has procured 100% of the initial N3 supply, […]
Read MoreTSMC’s $12 billion chip plant currently under construction in Arizona will begin producing 4-nanometer chips as soon as it opens in 2024 thanks to urging from Apple and other companies, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. The plant had originally been planned to start with production of 5-nanometer chips, but with Apple and other companies increasingly […]
Read MoreTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) founder Morris Chang confirmed his company is developing a new $12 billion investment in a new plant in Phoenix, Arizona. The plant will focus on 3nm chip production and will be located in close proximity to the Pheonix wafer fab complex which currently fabs 5nm chip designs. TSMC is expected […]
Read MoreTSMC was supposed to start the production of chips using its 3nm process node last month. However, according to a new report from Seeking Alpha, the production of 3nm chips at TSMC has been delayed to Q4 2022. Samsung, on the other hand, started the production of chips using the 3nm process nodes in June […]
Read MoreTSMC 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 […]
Read MoreApple’s future M3 chip for Macs and A17 chip for iPhone 15 Pro models will be manufactured based on TSMC’s enhanced 3nm process known as N3E next year, according to a new report from Nikkei Asia. The devices are expected to launch throughout 2023. N3E will offer improved performance and power efficiency compared to TSMC’s […]
Read MoreTSMC has detailed its chip development timeline at its 2022 TSMC Technology Symposium. The Taiwan-based chipmaker is introducing 3nm chips in the second half of this year and will bring 2nm technology to the world stage in 2025. The 3nm node will come in five tiers, each more powerful, more transistor-dense, and more efficient – […]
Read MoreChip supplier TSMC’s Apple business is predicted to grow almost 25 percent this year as the transition to Apple silicon nears completion and the two companies grow closer ties, DigiTimes reports. Apple is said to be expecting shipments of chips for new iPhones and other devices from TSMC in the first half of June, according […]
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