Industry sources claim that TSMC’s initial production of chips built on the new 3-nanometer process have been ordered by Apple for use in both its iOS and Apple Silicon devices.
Following previous reports that TSMC was close to finalizing its new 3-nanometer process, a new report says that Apple has placed an order for its M-series and A-series processors using it.
According to Money.UDN, supply chain sources say that trials are progressing smoothly. The sources estimate that TSMC’s 3nm line is on course to produce 600,000 processors annually, or 50,000 per month, with mass production starting in 2022.
Those numbers are presumably expected to increase, as the publication also reports an estimate that TSMC must sell at least 300 million processors to return a profit.
It’s not reported how many units Apple has ordered, or over what precise timescale. However, the sources say that the order is chiefly for producing the M-series processors for the Mac.
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