Apple to launch 2nm chips in 2025 but only for iPhone 17 Pro series

Yordan, 17 September 2024

Apple is expected to introduce 2 nm chips next year, right in time for the iPhone 17 lineup. Latest reports revealed that they might be built by TSMC, but the Taiwanese chipmaker is having issues with production.

Cupertino reserved all of TSMC's 2nm capacity, but due to the low yields of the new process technology, the SoC will be launched only in the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max.

Apple to launch 2nm chips in 2025 but only for iPhone 17 Pro series

According to reports from Taiwan, the chip company demoed the new product, but still needs the help of other suppliers to package the chip ready for installation in smartphones.

Partners need to supply materials, equipment, silicon intelligence (IP), and electronics design automation (EDA) which has gradually evolved into a situation of "group fight" competition, said Chou News Agency.

iPhone 17 Pro to be the first with a chipset built on TSMC's 2nm process

The 2nm line is already installed at the Baoshan plant and will begin trial production in Q3 2024, three months ahead of schedule. TSMC is expected to provide the N2 process to Apple and Nvidia, which will help the company stay ahead of Samsung and Intel in the chipmaking market.

Source (in Chinese)


Related

Reader comments

Can someone explain what 2nm chip can do ? I'm not following..

Sooooooo..once they hit 1nm what's next? 0.5 nm These "updates" seem like marketing jargon, and less technical advancements. Annual cycles are just not realistic, yet, in capitalism, they need constant growth, lord forbid...

  • Anonymous
  • 18 Sep 2024
  • 3cH

TBH, even updating to iOS 18 is a waste of time and space until all the bugs are ironed out, battery life is fixed and the heat is kept in check. 17.x runs smooth and cool without issues.

Popular articles

More

Popular devices

Electric Vehicles

More