According to recent sources, Apple has secured most of the production power of TSMC for the manufacturing 5nm process nodes. Tough the Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is currently working on its 3nm production facility, it seems to be focusing more on its 5nm technology.
Apple’s A14 Bionic is a prime example of the capacity of 5nm nodes. As such, the demand for technology has increased tremendously in the market. Fortunately for the Cupertino giant, the company has secured most of the production of TSMC for itself.
According to reports, the Cupertino-based tech giant has managed to get a hold of no less than 80 percent of TSMC’s 5 nm output for next year. Fort the remaining 20 percent go to quite a few clients, such as Qualcomm, MediaTek, Broadcom, and others.
Reports also indicate that TSMC will push the production to its maximum in the first quarter of 2021. It predicts that the production lines will hit a capacity of around 9,000 5 nm wafers per month. Apple has a long list of processors waiting to be manufactured using TSMC’s 5nm process node. Its next-gen iPad Pro tablets will be including A14Z Bionic and based on a 5nm node. Apple’s A14T Bionic for the redesigned iMac and the A15 Bionic expected to power the upcoming iPhone 13 lineup will be based on TSMC’s 5nm node.
