According to reports, Apple plans to launch the first iPhone with a processor based on the 2nm process in 2025. According to reports, the Cupertino company will release the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max equipped with TSMC’s next-generation chipset. The iPhone 15 Pro model was Apple’s first phone with the 3nm A17 Pro chip, but the standard iPhone models still use the 4nm A16 Bionic chipset that was already introduced in the 2022 Pro models was included.
According to DigiTimes (via Apple Insider), citing supply chain sources, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will produce new chips based on the 2nm process for iPhone 17 Pro models to be offered later this year. These chips are to be manufactured. prepare. Apple is also expected to introduce Mac models with 2nm chips in the future, but the report did not provide a timeline for these processors.
TSMC is on track to produce 2nm chips based on its “N2” process technology, and the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max could be the first smartphones to use the next-generation chips. Although the standard iPhone 17 model is expensive, it’s a process Apple has used since the iPhone 14, which had the same chip as the iPhone 13 Pro.
Taiwanese chip companies will reportedly start producing 2nm chip designs next year, while also moving to a more advanced version of “N2” process technology to deliver better 2nm chips, which are expected to be ready by the end of 2026. They work too. on this one. This suggests that the first iPhone model with a chip based on “N2P” process technology could be the iPhone 19 series, which could be unveiled a year later, in 2027.
According to the report, TSMC is also working on a more advanced “A14” process technology that will enable the production of 1.4nm chipsets. However, there is currently no information about the manufacturing schedule for the advanced process chip, so it could be several years before iPhone models with 1.4nm processors come to market.
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