TSMC will soon start manufacturing 3nm chips that Apple might use for the M2 Pro and M2 Max MacBook Pro refresh next year.
TSMC is scheduled to hold a ceremony at Fab 18 at the Southern Taiwan Science Park on December 29th to mark the start of commercial production of chips using 3nm process technology. The pure-play foundry will also detail plans to expand 3nm chip production at the fab, according to sources at semiconductor equipment companies.
That’s not enough to prove that Apple has decided to move the M2 Pro and M2 Max to the 3nm process. The base M2 chip inside the MacBook Air and Pro is built on the 5nm process. But considering TSMC’s manufacturing timing and the fact that Apple is the foundry’s top customer, it makes perfect sense for Apple to have waited for the 3nm manufacturing line to be ready. This would explain the M2 Pro and M2 Max MacBook Pro launch delay.
Using 3nm chips would allow Apple to further improve the power efficiency of the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips. The 2023 MacBook Pros would be even better equipped for the future. That’s all speculation, of course, but Apple will surely be one of TSMC’s first customers to put the 3nm chip production line to good use.
The iPhone 15 Pro’s A17 Bionic should also be a 3nm chip. The current A16 Bionic SoC is a 4nm chip from TSMC.points out, rumors say that the A17 Bionic will be based on an enhanced 3nm process, just like the next-gen M3 processor.says that production of the first 3nm chip version is “unlikely to ramp up” until production of the enhanced version gets underway.
That said, we still have no idea when Apple will be ready to unveil the M2 Pro and M2 Max MacBook Pro models. As for the AR/VR headset, rumors say that WWDC 2023 might be
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