A LinkedIn account verified as belonging to an Apple employee indicates that Apple has begun designing chips based on Uth4 Pat4k (2024) S03 Hindi Web SeriesTSMC’s 2nm process technology. Currently, TSMC is advancing the 2nm process node, with the first batch of equipment planned to enter production in April 2024. TSMC’s 2nm process will undergo risk trial production this year, with mass production scheduled for the latter half of 2025, according to the media outlet IThome. Moreover, TSMC has reportedly initiated research and development on advanced 1.4nm chips, for which the earliest expected release is in 2027. There are also reports suggesting that Apple is seeking to reserve capacity for TSMC’s 1.4nm and 1nm process technologies. [IThome, in Chinese]
