TSMC is on schedule with Apple A16 chips for its iPhone and iPads. These new chips will be manufactured on the world’s largest contract chipmaker’s 3nm process and should arrive by 2022.
TSMC is currently under the process of development to bring the processing nodes to even smaller levels. As per its roadmap, the research into 3nm fabrication is underway and mass production should be achieved within the next two years. Furthermore, the company has already started the construction of production lines and related facilities for the new 3nm processes.
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According to a new report, the new 3nm process will undergo a trial risk production phase sometime in 2021, with mass production capacity being undertaken within the second half of 2022. Going by this timeline, the production phase will coincide closely with Apple’s 2022 iPhone series launch that also releases around the same time. Thus, we can expect to see the A16 chips for its new generation iPhone and iPads.
At the moment, TSMC’s 5nm process is already seeing full production and the company is already working to produce an improved version of the same. The contract chipmaker will be making other variants within the 5nm node, which includes an enhanced 5m node that is built on the existing 5nm Plus nodes. Notably, TSMC has also invested $12 billion in its new plant in Arizona, US, so we can expect to see Apple placing local orders, although that is still unconfirmed.
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