Rumors have been announcing for a while that the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max for the next school year will be the first to adopt the 3 nm engraving process from the Taiwanese founder TSMC for their A17 Bionic chip. In addition, the test production of the next generation chips – engraved in 2 nm – could start very soon, according to sources from the Wccftech site. And again, future iPhones may be the first to benefit.
Apple, main customer of TSMC
Indeed, Apple is TSMC's biggest customer, accounting by some estimates for 25% of the manufacturer's total annual revenue. It is therefore not for nothing that the creator of the iPhone is in the front line to take advantage of the latest TSMC advances, especially since Apple does not hesitate to pay the high price of these still unamortized technologies.
The finer the engraving, the better the performance
For reference, in the world of processors, the smaller the burning process, the more powerful the chip, less power-hungry and less prone to heat. Indeed, the smaller the size of an engraving, the smaller the space between the transistors, so more transistors can be placed on the same surface.
