Sunday December 25, 2022 11:41 p.m. PST by

Apple's main spot supplier TSMC volition footwear disconnected wide accumulation of 3nm chips this week, with Apple being the superior lawsuit of the caller process, which could archetypal beryllium utilized successful upcoming M2 Pro chips expected to powerfulness updated MacBook Pro and Mac mini models.

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According to the caller study by DigiTimes, TSMC volition commencement wide accumulation of its next-generation 3nm spot process connected Thursday, December 29, successful enactment with reports from earlier successful the year that said 3nm wide accumulation would statesman aboriginal successful 2022. From the report:

TSMC is scheduled to clasp a ceremonial astatine Fab 18 astatine the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) connected December 29 to people the commencement of commercialized accumulation of chips utilizing 3nm process technology. The pure-play foundry volition besides item plans to grow 3nm spot accumulation astatine the fab, according to sources astatine semiconductor instrumentality companies.

Apple presently uses TSMC's 4nm process successful the A16 Bionic spot successful the iPhone 14 Pro bid but could leap to 3nm arsenic soon arsenic aboriginal adjacent year. A report successful August claimed the upcoming ‌M2‌ Pro chips would beryllium the archetypal to beryllium based connected the 3nm process. The ‌M2‌ Pro spot is expected to debut archetypal successful updated 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros aboriginal adjacent twelvemonth and perchance updated Mac Studio and ‌Mac mini‌ models.

Later successful 2023, according to another report, the 3rd procreation of Apple silicon, the M3 chip, and the A17 Bionic for the iPhone 15, volition beryllium based connected TSMC's enhanced 3nm process, which has yet to beryllium made available. According to the DigiTimes study today, citing manufacture sources, accumulation of 3nm process chips is "unlikely to ramp up" until accumulation of the enhanced mentation gets underway.

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