Apple would have already focused on 2 nanometer chip. It is the indiscretion coming from the Asian newspaper Digitimes, who said that in Cupertino they are already looking to a future that is still quite distant. But technology travels at a fast pace, and if you don’t plan its evolutions in time, you risk seeing competitors parade alongside.
The indiscretion does not say anything about the times, but if the roadmaps are respected we already have an indication thanks to the “calendar” read a few months ago by TSMC, which gives life to all the chips designed in Cupertino, from the Silicon of the M series to Mac and iPad to Bionics for iPhones. The M3s that will be made with a 3 nanometers they will come next year and there are few doubts about it, while for those a 2 nanometers the year of the debut, according to TSMC’s projects, it will be 2025.
The one on the production process is a number that gives good indications on the efficiency of the processors. The lower it is, the more performance should tend to increase and decrease consumption and heat generated, aspects that clearly on battery-powered devices are able to make a difference.
The Apple Silicon M1s are made at 5 nanometers, as are the A15 Bionic, M2 and A16 Bionic (the latter use TSMC’s second generation 5nm manufacturing process, which marketing advertises at 4nm). The Apple Silicon M3s and probably also the A17 Bionic chip of the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will instead be made with the 3 nanometer process.
