TSMC, which is Apple’s main processor supplier, will begin mass production of chips this week using a 3-nanometer process. Apple will become the main customer of the new production process. It is expected to be used for the first time in the production of the upcoming M2 Pro chips, which will appear in the updated MacBook Pro and Mac mini models.

According to DigiTimes, mass production of chips based on the 3nm process will begin on December 29. TSMC plans to hold a production launch ceremony at Fab 18 of the South Taiwan Science Park. The company will also elaborate on its further plans to expand the production of 3nm chips at this plant.

Currently, Apple equips its iPhone 14 Pro smartphones with A16 Bionic processors, which are manufactured by TSMC using the 4-nm process. If TSMC starts commercial production based on the 3nm process in the coming days, M2 Pro chips will appear in updated 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros early next year. Also, with a high probability, we should expect their appearance in the updated Mac Studio and Mac mini models.

Later in 2023, Apple’s third-generation M3 chips, as well as the new A17 Bionic processors that will be the basis of the iPhone 15 smartphones, are expected to switch to the improved 3-nm process. According to industry sources, the production of chips using the 3-nm process is unlikely to increase to those period, until production begins according to an improved version of the technological process.

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Source: macrumors