2022 iPhones and Macs could feature 3nm chips
10th August, 2021 at 7:46 pm by Divi
- A new preview of a DigiTimes report claims the iPhone 14 lineup will feature 3nm chips.
- Currently, the iPhone 12 lineup features 5nm chips which are the smallest in the market.
Although the iPhone 13 lineup is yet to be released, a preview of an upcoming report from DigiTimes is already exploring the possibilities of the 2022 iPhone lineup. In this report, it states that 2022’s iPhones and Macs could feature 3nm chips. Currently, the iPhone 12 lineup features the industry’s smallest chips which are 5mn. TSMC is reportedly readying these 3nm chips now.
TSMC is on track to move its 3nm process technology to volume production in the second half of 2022 for Apple’s devices, either iPhones or Mac computers, according to industry sources.
In a report earlier this year, DigiTimes reported that TSMC will start production of its 3nm chips around the end of 2022. Regardless of this new report, Nikkei previously said that 3nm chips will make their debut on iPads, while the 2022 iPhone lineup will stick with 4nm chipsets. This was also previously reported by DigiTimes and TrendForce.
As for why chips are named 5nm and 3nm, the smaller the chip’s process size, the smaller the distance between transistors on a chip. When a chip gets smaller, it generally becomes more efficient in energy and performance.
DigiTimes’ full report is expected to be released tomorrow and will include more information on Apple’s future chip architecture. As for the iPhone 13 lineup, it is expected to be released this fall with 5nm chips and many major upgrades.
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