By Hartley Charlton
Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams visited Taiwan to secure supplies of TSMC's upcoming 2nm chips, Economic Daily News reports.
The visit apparently included a meeting between Williams and TSMC President Wei Zhejia to discuss custom AI chips and ensure Apple could access the manufacturer's 2nm manufacturing process chips that is about to start. production is planned for 2025.
The iPhone 15 Pro uses the A17 Pro chip, manufactured using TSMC's 3nm process technology. This process allows more transistors to be placed in less space, providing increased performance and efficiency. Apple's M4 chip, which just debuted in the new iPad Pro, uses an improved version of this 3nm technologies. The move to 2nm chips should bring further improvements, with performance gains expected to be 10 to 15 percent and power consumption reduced by up to 30 percent compared to 3nm
Ensuring the fastest delivery of 2nm chips is critical for Apple, since TSMC remains the only company capable of producing them at the scale and quality required. This exclusivity is vital for Apple to satisfy high demand for its products while limiting competitors' access to these more advanced chips. Thanks to its 3nm technology chips, Apple has reserved all of TSMC's available chip manufacturing capacity. The company's 2nm chips could debut in the iPhone 17 lineup in 2025.
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