Apple Partner TSMC Unveils Advanced 1.4nm Process for 2028 Chips

Apple chipmaker TSMC astatine the North America Technology Symposium has teased its next-generation A14 process node that volition participate planned accumulation successful 2028.


The cutting-edge A14 node volition let for highly precocious 1.4nm chips that are apt to beryllium utilized for aboriginal generations of Apple silicon. Compared to TSMC's N2 node, A14 promises up to 15% faster show astatine the aforesaid powerfulness oregon up to 30% powerfulness savings astatine the aforesaid performance. A14 besides boasts implicit 20% logic density improvement.

TSMC said it is besides evolving its TSMC NanoFlex modular compartment architecture to NanoFlex Pro, enabling greater performance, powerfulness efficiency, and plan flexibility. From the company's press release:
"Our customers perpetually look to the future, and TSMC's exertion enactment and manufacturing excellence provides them with a dependable roadmap for their innovations," said TSMC Chairman and CEO Dr. C.C. Wei. "TSMC's cutting-edge logic technologies similar A14 are portion of a broad suite of solutions that link the carnal and integer worlds to unleash our customers' innovation for advancing the AI future."It's not known which of TSMC's clients volition basal to payment archetypal from the caller 1.4nm chips, but fixed the adjacent concern betwixt the institution and Apple, it's a bully stake that the second volition beryllium astatine the beforehand of the queue to spot orders.

TSMC's industry-leading 2nm process is acceptable to participate measurement accumulation aboriginal this year. Apple is not expected to present devices utilizing TSMC's 2nm (N2) process node until 2026, suggesting that the iPhone 18 bid volition beryllium archetypal to follow the exertion successful Apple's A20 chip.

Both the iPhone 17 and the upcoming M5 spot for Macs and iPads are expected to proceed to utilize TSMC's 3nm process, specifically the third-generation N3P node. This determination is chiefly owed to the precocious costs and constricted accumulation capableness associated with the 2nm process astatine this time.
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