The new Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 arrives as a major upgrade over its predecessor and a departure from previous designs in the series. It has improvements in all the key areas of performance, efficiency, gaming, AI, camera and audio. The Gen 4 chip will be the first in the series fabbed on TSMC’s 4nm node. Previous generations have used a 4nm node from Samsung and a 6nm one from TSMC. This generation is the first in the 6-series to use ARMv9-based CPU cores – Cortex-A720 (2.3GHz) as the prime core, three more A720 (2.2GHz) as big cores and four Cortex-A520 (1.8GHz) as small cores. Previous...

The new Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 arrives as a major upgrade over its predecessor and a departure from previous designs in the series. It has improvements in all the key areas of performance, efficiency, gaming, AI, camera and audio. The Gen 4 chip will be the first in the series fabbed on TSMC’s 4nm node. Previous generations have used a 4nm node from Samsung and a 6nm one from TSMC. This generation is the first in the 6-series to use ARMv9-based CPU cores – Cortex-A720 (2.3GHz) as the prime core, three more A720 (2.2GHz) as big cores and four Cortex-A520 (1.8GHz) as small cores. Previous...

TSMC’s Arizona chip production is apparently in the final stages of entering mass production capacity. A new report from Nikkei Asia confirms that Apple is in the final stage of “verifying” made-in-America TSMC chips, with mass production expected to begin later this quarter. People with knowledge of the matter have confirmed that Apple is currently testing the unnamed A-series chips produced at TSMC’s Arizona fab. TSMC semiconductor manufacturing fab site in Phoenix, Arizona As per recent reports, TSMC's Arizona plant will manufacture older Apple chipsets like the A16 Bionic used...

Apple was reportedly looking to launch the iPhone 17 Pro in 2025 with a 2nm chipset, but it might have to delay its plans by 12 months, according to reports from South Korea. The latest information from insiders claimed that TSMC is struggling with wafer yield, and the 2nm chips have yet to be certified for mass production. There is too much demand for test products, and the Taiwanese maker is pushed to adapt its existing facilities for the new process, which will take time. TSMC exclusively produces chips for Apple devices like iPhones and MacBooks, but the Taiwanese firm also...

Apple was reportedly looking to launch the iPhone 17 Pro in 2025 with a 2nm chipset, but it might have to delay its plans by 12 months, according to reports from South Korea. The latest information from insiders claimed that TSMC is struggling with wafer yield, and the 2nm chips have yet to be certified for mass production. There is too much demand for test products, and the Taiwanese maker is pushed to adapt its existing facilities for the new process, which will take time. TSMC exclusively produces chips for Apple devices like iPhones and MacBooks, but the Taiwanese firm also...

TSMC has successfully conducted a trial chip production of its 2nm N2 process with a 60% yield rate. A new report backed by supply chain insiders claims that TSMC has achieved better than anticipated results with its trial production run at its Baoshan facility in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. Following the successful trial production run, TSMC is set to begin mass-producing its 2nm chips at its facility in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, next year. Apple and Nvidia are expected to be amongst the first companies to procure chips fabbed on TSMC’s N2 node. Previous reports suggest that the upcoming...

Samsung's struggles with Exynos might lead to the company outsourcing chip production. According to one leakster, the Korean company is considering TSMC as an external manufacturing partner, and later, the rumor was backed by a former Qualcomm employee, currently an industry analyst. If proven to be true, the rumor is likely regarding future Exynos products. The Exynos 2500 is still happening, despite reports of low initial yields. TSMC also manufactures competitor chips, like Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, for example. We have to point out that even if the switch to TSMC...

The Taiwanese chipset company TSMC found that some of its chips made their way to Huawei, according to an insider that spoke with Bloomberg. The report revealed a third-party client provided chipsets for the sanctioned Chinese company, which equipped its AI servers with said processors. The information comes days after a report revealed the Bureau of Industry and Security at the US Commerce Department started investigating alleging potential violations of US export controls TSMC issued a statement, saying it is a “law-abiding company” that is committed to complying with all...

Following a record-breaking quarterly earnings report, TSMS has found itself under an ongoing probe from the United States Department of Commerce. The investigation will look into the possibility of TSMC supplying Huawei with smartphone and AI chips despite the ongoing ban. The new report from The Information suggests the Commerce Department contacted TSMS to ask whether it is directly or indirectly supplying Huawei with chipsets. Back in 2020, the U.S. Government blacklisted Huawei from purchasing chips manufactured using American equipment due to national security concerns. In...

All Tensor chipsets so far and the upcoming Tensor G4 have been based on Exynos chips and fabbed by Samsung. But Google has been working on an in-house design and will reportedly move away from Samsung’s foundries. A trading record provides the first proof that the Tensor G5 will be fabbed by TSMC instead. The G5 will be used in the Pixel 10 series in late 2025, if all goes well. This information was discovered by Android Authority, who created this handy chart to explain all the abbreviations: This is the where the information comes from, shipping details for G5 chips for testing....