3nm SoCs will provide 10% to 15% performance improvement over 5nm chipsets and consume 20-25% less power!
It was previously reported that Apple has already reserved 80% of TSMC’s 5nm production for 2021. According to AppleInsider, when TSMC moves to 3nm manufacturing, Apple will also be the largest customer for the product.
Sources say Apple has already ordered 3nm production for the A and M series chipsets. The former is used in devices such as the iPhone and iPad. Apple recently introduced the M1 chipset as a replacement for Intel processors on some Macs. It is now also manufactured using a 5nm process and includes 16 billion transistors.
The first 5nm chipset used in the iPhone was the A14 Bionic with 11.8 billion transistors. And Apple’s iPhone 14 is set to be the first smartphone to feature a 3nm single-crystal system. Supply chain sources say TSMC plans to start mass production of 3nm chipsets from 2022 after trial production in the second half of 2021.
It is noted that TSMC will continue to be ahead of Samsung in the next stage of the technological process. The Taiwanese foundry will launch 3nm production six months earlier than Samsung. Sources have confirmed that Apple has placed orders for iPad and Mac chipsets, but the iPhone will use the 3nm A16 Bionic chipsets in 2022.
TSMC said that 3nm SoCs will provide 10 to 15% performance improvement over 5nm chipsets and consume 20-25% less power.
Source: Phone Arena