Apple comes much stronger with its new generation chips!

TSMC is on the agenda with its progress in the production of Apple’s chips. The chipmaker is moving towards production of 2nm and 1.4nm chips for the production of future Apple chips. Let’s take a look at the details of the new generation Apple chips together.

TSMC will launch Apple next-generation chips into mass production in the second half of 2025

Timelines for mass production of Apple’s next-generation 2nm and 1.4nm chips are now set, with trial production set to begin in the second half of 2024. Small-scale production will begin first, and then large-scale production will begin in the second quarter of 2025.

TSMC’s new factory in Arizona will also participate in 2nm production. In 2027, facilities in Taiwan will switch to production of 1.4nm chips. TSMC’s first 1.4nm processor is officially called “A14” and will follow the “N2” 2nm chips. The N2 will go into mass production in late 2025, followed by the improved “N2P” chip in late 2026.

This is nothing new for Apple, as they are already renowned for adopting new and cutting-edge processor manufacturing technologies. For example iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro It became the first company to use TSMC’s 3nm chip in Max. Therefore, Apple is expected to use TSMC’s latest technologies in the upcoming chips. Apple’s most advanced chip designs often appear first in the iPhone and then spread across the iPad and Mac product lines.

Here’s the anticipated future outlook for iPhone’s chip technology:

• iPhone XR and XS (2018): A12 Bionic (7nm, N7)
• iPhone 11 series (2019): A13 Bionic (7nm, N7P)
• iPhone 12 series (2020): A14 Bionic (5nm, N5)
• iPhone 13 Pro (2021): A15 Bionic (5nm, N5P)
• iPhone 14 Pro (2022): A16 Bionic (4nm, N4P)
• iPhone 15 Pro (2023): A17 Pro (3nm, N3B)
• iPhone 16 Pro (2024): “A18” (3nm, N3E)
• “iPhone 17 Pro” (2025): “A19” (2nm, N2)
• “iPhone 18 Pro” (2026): “A20” (2nm, N2P)
• “iPhone 19 Pro” (2027): “A21” (1.4nm, A14)

Apple’s M1 series processors are based on the A14 Bionic and use TSMC’s N5 chip. The M2 and M3 series use N5P and N3B respectively. The Apple Watch’s S4 and S5 processors use N7, the S6, S7 and S8 processors use N7P, and the latest S9 processor uses N4P.

Each new TSMC chip has a higher transistor density, better performance and better efficiency than the previous one. Late last year, it was revealed that TSMC showed prototype 2nm chips to Apple before their expected introduction in 2025.

This is seen as an important step in the next generation of chip technology that will provide higher performance and better battery life in future Apple devices. What are you thinking? Please don’t forget to share your thoughts with us in the comments section below.