All views are aimed at the iPhone 17 and the mandatory ultra-sized model in the series, but one of the most serious upgrades in Apple's smartphones is actually set next year. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo shared in a new post in X that the iPhone 18 will use a chipset A20, which for the first time will use the innovative 2-nanometer production process of TSMC.
The forecast for this came 6 months ago from Kuo, but today he confirms that Apple's plans continue to be and the company will rely on TSMC to produce 2-nm chips.
A few days ago, another source shared the same expectations, according to Jeff Pyu chipset A20 will focus on improvements to Apple Intelligence.
The analyst adds that three months ago, the test production of the new chipsets reached 60-70% success rate, and today the percentage is much higher.
The transition from 3-nm to 2-nm production process means higher productivity and better energy efficiency, with the A20 being said to have an increase in these indicators by 15% and 30% respectively against the A19 in the iPhone 17.
Currently, Apple is using the 3-nanometer A18 and A18 Pro chipsets in the iPhone 16 series, and they are manufactured by a second-generation TSMC 3-Nm process called N3E. This year's iPhone 17 series is expected to move to the A19 and A19 Pro, relying on a third-generation 3-nm process of TSMC (N3P) and the iPhone 18 next year-to the first 2-nm chips.
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