iPhone 12 is bad! Only so many A14 processors can be made

According to foreign media reports, chip foundry TSMC's 5nm process was put into production in the first quarter of this year, manufacturing the latest processors for Apple and other customers. Apple's A14 processor was manufactured by TSMC using the 5nm process.

In previous reports, foreign media mentioned that Apple asked TSMC to manufacture 80 million A14 processors for them this year for the upcoming iPhone 12 series.

But in the latest report, foreign media said that TSMC may not be able to meet the quantity required by Apple. They can only produce a maximum of 74 million this year, and the unfinished part will be postponed to next year.

Considering that the A14 processor manufactured by TSMC needs to be tested by other manufacturers before it can be used in Apple's hardware products, multiple links in the middle require transportation. This means that if TSMC can only manufacture a maximum of 74 million A14 processors this year as reported by foreign media, then the number of iPhone 12s that Apple can supply this year will be less than 74 million units.

In addition, at the press conference that started at 1 a.m. on September 16, Apple’s newly launched iPad Air was also equipped with an A14 processor, which will also lead to a reduction in the number of processors available for the iPhone 12 series.

According to the information released by Apple, the A14 processor uses a 5nm process technology, integrates 11.8 billion transistors, uses a 6-core central processing unit and a 4-core graphics processor. The performance and energy efficiency have been improved compared to the previous generation. It has a new generation of 16-core neural network engine designed by Apple, which can process 11 trillion operations per second.