Major Apple supplier TSMC to start producing cutting-edge A14 chip tech in 2028
Major Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will launch its advanced A14 fabrication process in 2028, reinforcing its leadership in the chip industry. This cutting-edge technology will surpass TSMC’s current 3-nanometer process and the forthcoming 2-nm process, set for later this year. Additionally, TSMC will introduce an intermediary A16 chip process in late 2026, marking a shift in its naming convention. The A14 process will drive superior performance and efficiency, solidifying TSMC’s position as the world’s largest chipmaker.
Ian King and Jane Lanhee Lee for Bloomberg News:
Taiwan’s most valuable company has kept up a steady pace of upgrades that’s seen it corral Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp.’s most lucrative chipmaking business. The company plans about $40 billion in capital expenditures this year, and its top executives have said its long-term plans are still geared to capture strong AI-driven demand.
At a company event in California Wednesday, executives laid out the new addition to TSMC’s road map and detailed how it will help improve power efficiency and performance…
TSMC remains confident that overall demand for semiconductors will continue to rise and total industry revenue will “easily” exceed $1 trillion by the end of the decade…
MacDailyNews Take: In January 2024, DigiTimes reported that the first company to receive chips built on the TSMC’s 2-nanometer process will be, unsurprisingly, Apple, which is “widely believed to be the initial client to utilize the process.”
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