Apple's New 3nm Chips Just Got One Step Closer To A 2023 Release
Apple is well on its way to using chips built with transistors at a 3-nanometer scale, meaning the 2023 iPhone and more will reach new levels of performance and efficiency. Every year, some doubt creeps in that technology might be nearing the end of its progress when challenges arise, yet so far those hurdles have always been surmounted or a way is found around the problem. Once again, a significant size reduction has been achieved that continues the amazing advance to faster and longer-lasting iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers into 2023 and beyond.
Apple's latest iPhone is powered by an A15 chip made with an enhanced 5-nanometer process, allowing new capabilities, such as Cinematic Mode video that applies portrait bokeh blur to every frame in a split second. That simply wasn’t possible before, even though the previous generation’s A14 was also manufactured with a 5-nanometer scale. This is an example of stepping around a hurdle. Since the 3-nanometer process wasn’t available, optimizing the current chip and incorporating specific code at the silicon level allows Apple to tune the chip to meet its goals.
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A new report from supply chain leaker Digitimes indicates that TSMC will begin 3nm production in the second half of 2022, making a large number of processors for its top client, Apple, and making it first-in-line for the benefits of this improved manufacturing process. The iPad is expected to be the first device to use the new technology, however, 3-nanometer chips will be used for the iPhone 15, Mac, and MacBook computers as well, extending the performance of Apple's M series chips even further. Processor performance is expected to increase by 10
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