Semiconductors

Apple to Use New TSMC Chip Tech in iPhones, Macs – Nikkei

 

Apple plans to use Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s latest 3-nanometre microchip technology in its iPhones and Mac computers next year, Nikkei reported on Wednesday.

The A17 mobile processor now being developed “will be mass-produced using TSMC’s new N3E chipmaking tech”, which will offer better performance, energy efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, the report said. Apple is TSMC’s largest customer and aims to be the first company to utilise the new technology, it added.

Read the full report: Nikkei.

 

 

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Alfie Habershon

Alfie is a Reporter at Asia Financial. He previously lived in Mumbai reporting on India's economy and healthcare for data journalism initiative IndiaSpend, as well as having worked for London based Tortoise Media.

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