Apple Still Using 5nm Technology in the A16 Chipset, Are You Sure You Want to Buy an iPhone 14?
5/31/2022
The iPhone 14 series is scheduled to launch at the end of 2022.
Apple is predicted to embed chipset Apple Silicon the new generation A16 Bionic for a number of iPhone 14 models.
Unfortunately, the A16 Bionic chipset is reportedly still using 5nm fabrication, which means it doesn't have a significant increase in power efficiency.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed that the A16 Bionic continues to use the 5nm fabrication process.
Kuo said in a tweet that the use of 5nm fabrication in the 16 Bionic is in line with TSMC's company roadmap.
The TSMC roadmap indicates that 4nm and 3nm fabrication will not be mass-available for 2022.
The Taiwanese chipset manufacturer said that the new 4nm and 3nm chipsets will be marketed in 2023.
The iPhone 14 series itself is said to have 2 chipset variants, namely A16 and A15.
chipset will be embedded in high-end models such as the iPhone 14 Max and iPhone 14 Pro.
While the A15 will be embedded in the iPhone 14 series basic model.
The news comes from leaker ShrimpApplePro on his personal twitter account.
Ming-Chi Kuo also mentioned that the TSMC roadmap will affect the new generation of MacBook Air chipsets.
MacBook Air 2022 is predicted to bring a chip model that is not much different from the M1.
The M2 chipset, which is expected to be a major update on the 2022 MacBook Air, doesn't appear to be available until 2023.
It should be noted that the A16 chipset with a 5nm fabrication process is still only a prediction based on the TSMC roadmap.
So there is still a possibility that Apple uses a smaller fabrication in the A16 chipset.
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