Performance and efficiency "comprehensive surpass", sources say TSMC will mass produce 2nm chips for Apple in 2025

 According to news on January 16, according to DigiTimes, Apple’s next-generation 2nm chip technology will be mass-produced in 2025.

IT House quoted TrendForce in December last year as reporting that TSMC is actively promoting the 2nm process node, and the first machine is scheduled to enter the factory in April this year.

Wang Yongzhuang, director of the Hsinchu Science Park Administration, announced in December last year that the construction of the first phase of Zhuke Baoshan has been completed and that the TSMC Global R&D Center will be opened this year.

The second phase of the Baoshan project is currently under construction, and TSMC's 2nm process factories 1 and 2 are being promoted at the same time. After completion, it will become TSMC's first 2nm process production base. Currently, the construction work is progressing smoothly, and the first machine is expected to be Entering the factory in April 2024.

It is reported that TSMC has demonstrated a 2nm chip prototype to Apple and is expected to launch it in 2025.

Apple is said to be working closely with TSMC in a race to develop and implement 2nm chip technology that will surpass current 3nm chips in terms of transistor density, performance and efficiency.

DigiTimes also added in the report that TSMC is currently evaluating factories and will take the lead in producing more advanced 1.4nm chips in 2027. TSMC has begun mass production of its enhanced 3nm node in the fourth quarter of 2023, and the node is likely to appear in Apple devices for the first time later this year.