Apple to use 80% of TSMC's production capacity at 5 nanometers

Source: Geeknetic added 21st Dec 2020

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by Jordi Bercial Ago 15 minutes ago

As we can see in Phone Arena , it seems that Apple is ready to use the 80% of total production capacity from TSMC for its 5 nanometer node, node where the Apple A processors will be manufactured 14 Bionic and A 15 Bionic that will equip the future smartphones of the company, at the same time that the Apple M1 processors that equip the new equipment of the company will also be manufactured .

As part of this, TSMC’s profits are expected to reach an all-time high to be surpassed by another all-time high at 2021 , something that will facilitate the start of the fabric ation of 3 nanometer chips for those manufacturers who want to be responsible for having the testing behind their backs in exchange for having the most recent node possible.

This node would probably be the one that will be used for the Apple A processors 16 Bionic , that they will arrive in the future, and that, although some rumors dropped that they were designed for a node at 4 nanometers, we can finally read that it will reach a node of 3 nanometers.

At this point, today only Samsung and TSMC are capable to manufacture chips at 5 nanometers , so it is logical that demand is high.

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Jordi Bercial

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