At present, the industry chain has reported that TSMC has begun to manufacture A16 processors for Apple, and has now determined the use of 4nm technology, and the iPhone 14 series in September this year was launched.
TSMC due to some cost increases and other reasons, has raised the price of foundry, as the main customer of TSMC, Apple had to accept the price increase after the offer, January 2022 consolidated revenue of NT$172.176 billion, an increase of 10.8% month-on-month, up 35.8% year-on-year, which is also the best performance in a single month in several years.
In addition, TSMC's 3nm process was postponed, and it can only be mass-produced in the second half of this year, so this year's A16 chip chose a more mature 4nm.
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