The final stages of mass production have passed TSMC’s last powerful chip’s in Arizona, and a new report confirms that Apple is in the final stages of “verifying” TSMC’s new US-made chips, with mass production expected to begin later this quarter. People with knowledge of the matter have confirmed that Apple is currently testing unnamed A-series chips produced at TSMC’s Arizona plant.
According to recent reports, TSMC’s Arizona plant will manufacture older Apple chipsets such as the A16 Bionic used in the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus and the Apple S9 chip inside the Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 smartwatches. .
TSMC has been the recipient of several US government grants under the CHIPS and Science Act, with the latest valued at $6.6 billion finalized in November. The goal of the Chips and Science Act is to help boost US chip manufacturing while creating local jobs.
TSMC’s roadmap suggests that the chip-making giant will manufacture 4nm chip’s in Arizona this year, followed by 3nm chip’s in 2028 using N2 and A16 nanosheet processing technologies. The semiconductor maker has also committed to opening a third factory in Arizona by 2030, which will be tasked with producing 2nm chips.
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Source: myphone.gr
