Apple and Intel will be the first companies receive commercial volumes of 3nm chips from TSMC some time in 2H22 says a report
www.eenewseurope.com, Jul. 05, 2021 –
The two companies are the first adopters of the technology with Intel set to receive higher volumes than Apple, the report said citing unnamed sources. The 3nm processors being made for Apple are intended for iPad tablet computers while Intel has at least two 3nm designs intended for notebook computers and data centre servers where it has lost market share to AMD and Nvidia respectively.
Both companies are testing their designs, the Nikkei report said with tape outs expected to happen this year
The 3nm technology (N3) will offer up to a 70 percent logic density gain compared with the current 5nm leading edge process N5 with the choice of a 15 percent performance gain at the same power consumption or a 30 percent power reduction at the same performance compared with N5.