According to new information from Digitimes (via MacRumors), Cupertinos are already determined to place their next orders with TSMC What will the second generation of 3-nanometer chips be? Now, The name given to “N3E”, whose chips will be used in the next iPhone 16. Both Apple and TSMC have been happy with their commercial agreement for years, and the first generation 3 nanometer is no exception.

Apple and TSMC will opt for the second generation 18 nanometer, which will be the A3 Pro chip

Thanks to what was achieved in the first generation, The next A18 Pro chip will be cheaper and have better performance, while also significantly increasing power consumption. The N3E will go into more powerful mass production from 2024 and will replace the first generation N3 (A17 Pro chip).

iPhone 16 will be introduced in 2024

TSMC has also considered its next customers, but Apple is the biggest of them all. Let’s remember that Apple reserves almost 90% of this production from the first 3 nanometer process. It has already been confirmed that it will be 100% by the end of the year. In 2023, only 4 to 6 percent of total sales revenue will come from 3-nanometer chips. In round numbers, Apple invests up to $3.4 billion in 2023.

They will no longer be the only ones with 3 nanometer chips on the market

Apple will need to be very smart to continue to reap the benefits of TSMC. The second generation process will also be allocated to 5 more customers Qualcomm, MediaTek, AMD, Nvidia and Intel stand out.

A17 Pro chip and A16 Bionic chip

Speaking about the iPhone 16, analyst Jeff Pu suggested that having a better 3-nanometer chip in the second generation could allow Apple to enjoy an iPhone with faster 5G, Wi-Fi 7, and a 48-megapixel camera to ultra-wide . angled lens.

the same way, Report suggests Apple will give iPhone 16 the same A18 chips based on N3E. It will be strange but beneficial for users to switch from the A16 Bionic chip to the A18 on the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus. The change of chips in the last generation iPhones, such as the iPhone Pro, was due to the shortage of chips during the pandemic period. It was later suggested that a differentiation strategy would be used to support the Pro models, although this would be based on the change in the Pro model’s RAM, according to Ming-Chi Kuo.

Finally, TSMC will be targeting new (third) generation chips already in the second half of 2024. It will be the N3P prototype, which will have 5% more speed and 1.04 more density than the second generation. This could happen for a hypothetical iPhone 17 but only the Taiwanese manufacturer will have the freedom to launch it as soon as the final launch happens.