If you thought the iPhone 15 could keep the iPhone 14’s already high price, we’ve got bad news. New report on Digitimes suggests that the cost of the models that the Cupertino company announces in 2023, will be even higher compared to current versions due to TSMC, which in 2023 will begin production of 3-nanometer chips for the future processor of the above models; chip A17 Bionic.
According to DigitimesTSMC doubled the cost of manufacturing 3nm wafers compared to that of 7nm wafers.. So the new chips will cost $20,000 per wafer, up from the $10,000 they cost in 2018 when the company announced the iPhone 11 and the A13 Bionic chip. This, of course, falls mainly on Apple, which will have to pay a higher amount for each chip. In return, the company may raise the price of the iPhone 15 to counter TSMC’s price hike.
Apple is also facing a disadvantage that TSMC is sure to benefit from. Only the aforementioned semiconductor manufacturer and Samsung have the ability to produce chips with 3nm architecture.. So the company will have no choice but to face growth if it wants its next processors to be more powerful and efficient.
iPhone 15 may be more expensive, but more powerful and efficient
In fact, one of the main advantages of 3nm chips is that they are more efficient than current 4nm processors. For this, TSMS it will use a process node system that allows the size of transistors on each chip to be reduced and therefore the number of transistors to be increased in each processor.
The fact that more transistors fit on one chip makes it work more efficiently. Also more powerful. So the iPhone 15 It will be faster and consume less than current models.. Unfortunately, it is still too early to know the approximate differences.
iPhone 15, in addition to improving performance and energy efficiency, will also have a slight design update; bet on the rounded corners of the back panel and titanium as a frame material. Apple is also expected to replace the physical buttons with solid ones.
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