Apple A18 and A18 Pro die shots confirm two different designs

04 October 2024
The chips are built by TSMC on the 3 nm process.

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Anonymous, 05 Oct 2024Photons don't carry charge.Sure.. your point?

We don't need 100 years for his idea to become reality, Photonic ICs are already an active area of research.

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    Smartwatchguy, 04 Oct 2024Out of curiosity, what if we were talking photons and not e... morePhotons don't carry charge.

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      Cpt.Power, 04 Oct 20245nm, 4nm, now 3nm then 2nm whats next??? IN 100 years the ... moreSo you don't know that these are just marketing terms? 3nm in a chip description does not mean real world 3nm.🤷‍♂️

        OK what this is all a freaking lie.. We all have been using a customised 14nm all these while... I don't trust anything coming from the west!

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          Anonymous, 04 Oct 2024No you can't go lower than the size of a physical elec... moreOut of curiosity, what if we were talking photons and not electrons. Not saying chips the size of quark, but it would be interesting to time travel and see what things look like.. More than 100y since this seems to be the start of a new dark age, if so we can add 200y or more to make up for human silliness.

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            Anonymous, 04 Oct 2024No you can't go lower than the size of a physical elec... moreWrong can go lower but not going be human doing it

              Anonymous, 04 Oct 2024Reserving all of the 2nm process chips is the only way Appl... moreHaha.

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                It’s not worth geting into arguments over android vs apple. Its like a mercedes vs a suzuki

                  Anonymous, 04 Oct 2024Their designs are good. It's just that Apple likes bei... moreNo, it's ok, you can keep your AI/Apple Intelligence.

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                    Cpt.Power, 04 Oct 20245nm, 4nm, now 3nm then 2nm whats next??? IN 100 years the ... moreNo you can't go lower than the size of a physical electron. The closer you get to that the higher the resistance of forcing an electron through a tighter spot. I doubt we'll ever get as close as that.

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                      Cpt.Power, 04 Oct 20245nm, 4nm, now 3nm then 2nm whats next??? IN 100 years the ... moreWe could say that's the main goal

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                        Anonymous, 04 Oct 2024Reserving all of the 2nm process chips is the only way Appl... moreTheir designs are good. It's just that Apple likes being ahead, while android likes AI.

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                          Reserving all of the 2nm process chips is the only way Apple can get the best performance scores now at days. The time when Apple was on top, because they're design was really good are all gone, now it's all about smaller node size. SIGH!

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                            Whatevs, 04 Oct 2024They have all the time scrutinizing Apple. LOLMust you comment?

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                              They have all the time scrutinizing Apple. LOL

                                5nm, 4nm, now 3nm then 2nm whats next???
                                IN 100 years the chiops will be smallers tan one quark or a one particle of a quark.

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