{"id":862070,"date":"2024-07-10T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cultofmac.com\/?p=862070"},"modified":"2024-07-24T12:00:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T19:00:44","slug":"iphone-17-cutting-edge-2nm-chip-tsmc-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cultofmac.com\/news\/iphone-17-cutting-edge-2nm-chip-tsmc-2025","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 17 may get cutting-edge 2nm chip from TSMC after all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&#8217;s chip-maker TSMC will begin trial production of 2 nm processors next week. This is months earlier than expected, and raises the possibility that the company&#8217;s next generation production process will be ready in time for the A19 chip in the iPhone 17.<\/p>\n<p>The improvement over the current 3nm process should bring a jump in performance without affecting battery life.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>TSMC keeps Apple at the cutting edge<\/h3>\n<p>A-series and M-series processors carry the Apple name, and the chips are designed in Cupertino, but they are produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cultofmac.com\/tag\/tsmc\/\" data-lasso-id=\"1641567858\">TSMC<\/a> using technology the chipmaker develops. One of the reasons Apple uses the Taiwanese foundry is it has generally been able to shrink the components of Apple\u2019s chips every couple of years, allowing the devices they power to work faster while generating less waste heat.<\/p>\n<p>The A18 processor in this fall&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cultofmac.com\/tag\/iphone-16\/\" data-lasso-id=\"1641567866\">iPhone 16 series<\/a> is expected to be made with an improved 3nm process, which TSMC calls &#8220;the industry\u2019s most advanced semiconductor technology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But then a big change might come.<\/p>\n<h2>2nm Apple A19 in 2025 iPhone?<\/h2>\n<p>TSMC said in April that it expects to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cultofmac.com\/854321\/tsmc-2nm-chip-production-2025-iphone-17\/\" data-lasso-id=\"1641567859\">begin 2nm chip production in 2025<\/a>. But at that time it predicted that it couldn&#8217;t start until the second half of the year. That&#8217;s almost certainly too late for the iPhone 17.<\/p>\n<p>But <em>ETNews<\/em> reports that the Taiwanese foundry is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etnews.com\/20240709000330\" data-lasso-id=\"1641567860\">ready to start 2nm trial production next week<\/a>. That&#8217;s well ahead of what had been expected &#8212; previously, it was thought the company would start trial production in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>TSMC says only that volume production using its 2nm process &#8212; which it calls N2 &#8212; will begin in 2025. But an early start might mean the A19 chip can be made with the advanced method in time for iPhone 17.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s surely what Apple wants.<\/p>\n<h3>More about TSMC 2nm production process<\/h3>\n<p>The iPhone 17 might be the first smartphone with a 2nm processor. Or computer of any type, for that matter. 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