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TSMC chip technology: benefits for Apple
The new chip production technology developed by Taiwan-based TSMC is being tested at Apple and Intel facilities. If testing is successful, mass production of 3nm chips will begin in the second half of 2022.
New chips from TSMC are made by an innovative solution, which allows you to reduce the size of the element without loss of performance. For example, before the most perfect variant of chip production was considered the process in the scale of 5 nm. Such chips are used to produce the iPhone 12. The new development of the Taiwan manufacturer has become a real discovery, as it allows you to reduce power consumption by approximately 25-30%. At the same time the performance of processors with this type of chips has increased by 10-15%. The chip density will be improved by 70%, which will increase the computing power of components and technology as a whole.
It is assumed that the first device to use the new generation chips will be the Apple iPad tablets. As for future iPhone models, here the processors with 4-nanometer chips will be used.
Intel, in turn, is working closely with TSMC in two areas – the development of processors for new technology for laptops and servers.
It should be noted that all the processors of Apple products are produced by only a Taiwanese company. This is because TSMC provides only innovative development for devices of the American corporation. Moreover, even Apple’s own processors used in the new generation Mac computers were also created using 5 nm chips from TSMC.
It is planned that for the release of future products of the American corporation there will be used chips based on 3 nm technology and an improved version of the 5 nm. Such processors will equip the iPhone 14, Apple Watch Series 8 and the new Mac, which will make the devices more powerful than previous models. In addition, next year Apple plans to complete the transition to its own processors in the production of computers. Such large-scale changes will allow a 3-fold increase in the density of elements on the chip, and increase energy efficiency by 50%. In addition, the company plans to use the new chips for other products, such as augmented reality glasses.
It should be noted that to unlock the full potential of the improved processors, Apple will have to seriously work on other functionalities, for example, to improve the quality of 3D graphics processing, increase the memory bandwidth, and more. However, the fact that the company’s new models of devices will be different from previous ones, and will overtake them in terms of performance is an undeniable fact. All that is left to do is to wait for the presentation of these products and to test them.