#chip fabs

Apple’s A16 Bionic TSMC’s first Arizona chips are now in production, and Apple is the first customer in production with A16 Bionic mobile processors made using the foundry’s 5nm process. Tim Culpan via Substack: ‎ Apple’s A16 SoC, which first debuted two years ago in the iPhone 14 Pro, is currently being manufactured at Phase 1 of TSMC’s Fab 21 in Arizona in small, but significant, numbers, my…

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has achieved production yields at its Arizona facility on par with established plants in Taiwan, an early indicator that its marquee American project is on track to achieve its targets. : ‎ The Taiwanese chipmaker’s yield rate in trial production at its first advanced US plant is similar to comparable facilities in the southern Taiwanese city of…

Apple is widely expected to unveil a new 15-inch MacBook Air at WWDC 2023 next month, but it’s expected to be powered by an Apple M2 chip, not the next-gen 3nm M3, which might not appear in MacBooks and iPads until 2024. Chris Smith for BGR: That shouldn’t be a problem. An M2-powered 15-inch MacBook Air will be an incredible machine, both when it comes to performance and battery life. But if a…

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is struggling to meet demand from top customer Apple for 3nm Apple Silicon chips. Alan Patterson for EE Times: The company’s tool and yield struggles have impeded the ramp to volume production with world-leading technology, according to analysts surveyed by EE Times. “TSMC, in our view, remains the preferred foundry choice for leading-edge nodes as…

Apple has cornered the market, freezing out rivals, by ordering 100% of chips produced using TSMC’s N3 first-generation 3nm process. These extremely efficient and powerful chips will likely first be used in this year’s iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Ultra as well as new MacBook models expected to launch in the second half of 2023. Apple’s current 5nm (N5P) M2 Max features 67 billion transistors,…

Apple slated to use one third of TSMC’s advanced chips made in Arizona plant

American customers such as Apple pushed Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to offer advanced 4-nanometer chips when its new $12 billion plant in Arizona opens in 2024, an upgrade from its previous public statements, Bloomberg News reports Thursday citing “people familiar with the matter.” Ian King, Mark Gurman, and Debby Wu for Bloomberg News: The TSMC factory had been slated to…

Major Apple supplier TSMC’s founder confirms advanced 3nm chips will be produced in its new Arizona factory

Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC’s founder Morris Chang on Monday confirmed that it’s planning to produce chips with advanced 3nm technology at its new factory in Arizona. Sarah Wu for Reuters: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, a major Apple Inc supplier and the world’s largest contract chipmaker, is constructing a $12 billion plant in Arizona. Last year, Reuters reported TSMC’s plans to build…

Apple’s M3, A17 chips will be first to employ TSMC’s cutting-edge 3nm tech

Apple will be the first company to use Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC)’s N3E, an upgraded version of TSMC’s current 3-nanometer (3nm) production tech. Apple will get the chips next year in the form of the M3 for Macs and iPad, and in the A17 for 2023 iPhone Pro models, Nikkei Asia reports Wednesday, citing “sources briefed on the matter.” Cheng Ting-Fang for Nikkei Asia: The A17…