Apple’s next-gen iPhone models appear to be headed towards a 2-nanometer production process. Per a post published on Saturday by noted Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the A20 chip in Apple’s forthcoming iPhone 18 models will be manufactured with TSMC’s 2nm process. Kuo stated that TSMC’s trial production of 2nm chips has now reached […]
Apple may introduce its upcoming M5 chip not in the next-gen iPad Pro, but in the MacBook Pro this fall. Per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple could drop the M5 chip in its upcoming next-gen notebook before its other devices. The company surprised the computing last year when it introduced the M4 chip in the iPad […]
Apple is rumored to have begun mass production of its next-generation M5 chip, with the processor expected to arrive in the company’s devices as soon as this year. Per ET News, Apple began packaging the M5 chip last month. Packaging is the final step in semiconductor manufacturing after fabrication and involves the process of protecting […]
If you’re saving up for a new Mac, iPhone, or iPad this year, it might be a bit more expensive than you expected. The difference could come if the Trump administration’s plans to impose tariffs on Taiwanese chips from companies such as TSMC. On Monday, Trump announced that tariffs of up to 100 percent could […]
The first of the mass-produced U.S. made A-series chips is about to begin at TSMC’s Arizona plant. According to Nikkei Asia, test production of the chips at the new plant has been completed, and Apple is in the final stages of verifying their quality and performance. As such, the first batch of commercially viable chips […]