Semiconductor manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. released a note on its 7-nanometer process technology on its official website. It states that TSMC will have two 7-nanometer product lines, one for mobile applications and the other for high-performance computing applications. This may mean that Apple The company will launch a MacBook with an ARM-based processor.
Semiconductor manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. said on its website that TSMC 7nm FinFETs can increase the speed of chips by 20% compared with 10nm FinFETs, and reduce power consumption by about 40%. TSMC has prepared two product lines made of 7nm process, one for TSMC. Mobile application optimization, another for high performance computing applications.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is one of the major manufacturers of Apple Inc.'s A-Series chips. According to foreign media DigiTimes, this year, TSMC will use the 7-nm process to build Apple’s A12 processor. Prior to this, Apple’s A11 Fusion processor was made using a 10nm process. It is used in iPhone 8 series and iPhone X mobile phones. Obviously this year's 7-nm process will bring greater advantages to the new iPhone.
In fact, it is expected that Apple's A12 processor will use the 7nm process. What is more intriguing is the second half of the TSMC specification: For high-performance computing applications. This means that TSMC will use 7nm process technology In the notebook or PC processor.
Some media speculated that Apple is likely to launch a MacBook equipped with an ARM-based processor in the near future. So far, all Apple MacBooks have Intel x86 architecture processors. Before Bloomberg reported that Apple will abandon Intel on the Mac. The use of self-developed processors, and the news released by TSMC seems to be proof of this.