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Title: Apple Supplier TSMC to Produce 3nm Chips at Arizona Plant Post by: HCK on November 23, 2022, 04:05:03 pm Apple Supplier TSMC to Produce 3nm Chips at Arizona Plant
Apple chip supplier TSMC has plans in place to mass produce next-generation 3-nanometer chips at its $12 billion Arizona facility (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/07/29/tsmc-celebrates-arizona-factory/), according to the Taiwanese company's founder. (https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2021/06/3nm-apple-silicon-feature.jpg) Speaking to reporters on Monday in Taipei, Morris Chang said the 3-nanometre plant would be located at the same Arizona site as the 5-nanometre plant. "Three-nanometre, TSMC right now has a plan, but it has not been completely finalized," Chang, who has retired from TSMC but remains influential in the company, told Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/technology/tsmc-planning-advanced-chip-production-arizona-company-founder-says-2022-11-21/). "It has almost been finalized - in the same Arizona site, phase two. Five-nanometre is phase one, 3-nanometre is phase two."Apple is rumored to be moving its custom silicon to the 3nm process starting with the M2 (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/m2/) Pro or M3 (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/m3/) chip. Both Apple's ‌M3‌ chip for Macs and A17 chip for iPhone 15 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-15/) Pro models are expected to be manufactured based on TSMC's enhanced 3nm process. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/mark-gurman/) has said he expects the ‌M2‌ Pro to be used in updates next year to the 14-inch MacBook Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro, as well as a high-end Mac mini (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/mac-mini/). The move to a more advanced process typically results in improved performance and power efficiency, enabling faster speeds and longer battery life on future Macs and iPhones. According to TSMC (https://www.tsmc.com/english/dedicatedFoundry/technology/logic/l_3nm), 3nm technology, also known as N3, will offer up to 70% logic density gain, up to 15% speed improvement at the same power, and up to 30% power reduction at the same speed when compared to its predecessor. The company says it is targeting volume production in the second half of this year (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/15/tsmc-to-start-3nm-chip-production-2h22/).<div class="linkback">Tag: TSMC (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/tsmc/)</div> This article, "Apple Supplier TSMC to Produce 3nm Chips at Arizona Plant (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/21/tsmc-apple-3nm-chips-arizona-plant/)" first appeared on MacRumors.com (https://www.macrumors.com) Discuss this article (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-supplier-tsmc-to-produce-3nm-chips-at-arizona-plant.2371055/) in our forums Source: Apple Supplier TSMC to Produce 3nm Chips at Arizona Plant (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/21/tsmc-apple-3nm-chips-arizona-plant/) |