Apple's powerful 2nm chip is coming

Apparently, Apple will be the first company to use 2nm chips in its devices. The company plans to order the production of its first 2nm chip to TSMC.

While Apple used 3nm chips in its iPhones and MacBooks for the first time this year, Samsung's flagship Galaxy S24 Ultra uses a 4nm chip.

Apple's move from 5nm to 3nm technology has increased the graphics speed by 20% and the processing speed by 10% of Apple devices.

TSMC is currently building two factories to produce 2nm chips, which are expected to use GAAFETs instead of FinFET transistors.

In addition to Apple, apparently Nvidia will also be a customer of TSMC's 2nm process. Today's report doesn't mention any companies other than those two, and it looks like Apple and Nvidia will be the only companies that will use TSMC's 2nm technology in their processors.

It is said that TSMC has assigned about 1,000 people to the research and development department of this technology, called 'Fab 20', and its location is located in Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park.

Apple is expected to use 2nm technology in its various products for ordinary customers, but since iPhone phones are the most important source of income for this company, it will probably use this technology in a large amount in its A series chips.

On the other hand, in addition to normal customers, Nvidia also produces products for businesses, and it is not yet clear which product of this company will use 2nm technology. Maybe the company wants to use it in their GeForce GPUs.

It was recently reported that Apple has allocated about 90% of TSMC's 3nm process orders to itself, and it is possible that it will use the economic version of this technology called N3E in its next chips. So Apple still has a lot of time to introduce its chips with 2nm technology.