TSMC's 2nm chips near production, iPhone 18 Pro likely to be first to adopt

TSMC's 2nm chips near production, iPhone 18 Pro likely to be first to adopt

The Commercial Times reports that TSMC is set to begin taking orders for wafers built on its 2nm N2 node process next week. The semiconductor giant is likely on schedule to start mass production later this year, with the iPhone 18 Pro's A20 chip bringing the node to consumers in late 2026.Read Entire Article

TSMC seems that, against all odds and after Intel delays, it will sooner officially launch its lithographic node below the current 3 nm, the N2. As we pointed out at the time, Apple is stalking, but curiously enough, it will not be for the new A19 Pro that will arrive on iPhone 17, but will implement it, at least, on the A20 dedicated as SoC to iPhone 18 already in 2026. What we know today are two key data: this A20 on iPhone 18 will be much fas…

Qualcomm tipped to debut its own 2nm chipsets in 2026

Right now, chipmakers are building the best smartphone chipsets in the world using the 3nm process. This includes Apple’s A18 Pro, found in the iPhone 16 series, and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, used in the majority of flagship phones launched since late 2024. But come 2026, we can look forward to more chipsets from Qualcomm built on the 2nm process. Qualcomm wants 2nm chips too According to an earlier report, Apple will use TSMC’s 2nm proce…

TSMC bags a massive 2nm chip order while Samsung Foundry sits pretty

Samsung Foundry has ambitions of taking a big chunk out of TSMC's market share but it's not even close. As of Q4 2024, TSMC's share of the global foundry market hit nearly 70%, more than double that of Samsung's and it's showing no signs of slowing down. Meanwhile, Samsung Foundry is having to grapple with yield and quality issues that seem to have led to a loss of confidence in customers. It would have hoped that things get better as chipmaker…