TSMC will begin mass production of 3-nanometer chips for Apple this Thursday

Dec. 27 (Portaltic/EP) –

The company chip maker and main Apple supplier, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC)will begin to produce 3 nanometer (nm) M2 Pro chips in Taiwan for the creator of iPhone starting this Thursday, December 29.

Currently, Apple uses TSMC for the production of the A16 Bionic processor of the iPhone 14 Pro, which uses the 4 nanometer process. Now, the M2 Pro and Max chips are expected to be the first to be produced with the 3-nanometer technology in Apple products, it says. 9to5Mac.

According to the latest reports from focus taiwanthe Taiwanese chipmaker, which until now has been focused on mass-producing 5-nanometer chips, will start mass-producing new 3-nanometer chips for the iPhone maker starting this Thursday, December 29.

According to this medium, after the start of mass production of 3-nanometer chips, this technology will become the one that TSMC will provide to a greater extent for commercial production. However, the developer plans to mass-produce the N3E process within the next yearwhich is based on 3nm technology and will produce chips “more efficient” with a better rate of return.

In addition, Focus Taiwan has also advanced that TSMC is developing the most sophisticated 2nm process and that it will build a factory in Hsinchu (Taiwan) with the aim of carrying out the mass production of these components, scheduled for start in 2025.

APPLE, WITH AN EYE ON THE UNITED STATES

This news has emerged just a month after Bloomberg announced that the company expects to supply itself soon with semiconductors manufactured in a plant located in Arizona (United States) as of 2024, without specifying who exactly would be the supplier of these semiconductors.

Then, Tim Cook announced that he planned to expand his supply to Apple from plants located in Europe. One of them in Germany, whose government is already in talks with TSMC to set up a component factory.

Despite this, TSMC executives announced at a recent forum in Taipei that “there is no chance” that building a chip factory in a single location such as Arizona might give it a technical advantage over other semiconductor manufacturing centers.