I-Miniaturization yinxalenye ebaluleke kakhulu yethekhnoloji, ngakumbi kwizixhobo eziphathwayo apho yonke imilimitha ibalulekile. Kwimeko yeeprosesa, ukubenza badibanise ngakumbi akuncedi nje ukugcina indawo, kodwa kuthetha ukugcinwa kwebhetri okubalulekileyo, oko kukuthi, ukuphuculwa kwezixhobo. Ngayo nayiphi na imeko, i-Apple ibisebenzisana ne-TSMC iminyaka embalwa ngoku xa isiza kwiiprosesa ze-iPhone, iyenza ibe ngumthengisi wayo kuphela kwaye ilahle i-Samsung ngokusisigxina. Ngokokuvuza kwamva nje, i-TSMC ilungiselela iprosesa yeenanometer ezi-5 kuphela ze-iPhone 12.
I-TSMC iyasebenza kuphela ne-Apple ukusukela ngo-2016 kwaye ukusukela ngoko baye bakhulula abaqhubekekisi balandelayo:
- Itshiphu ye-A10: 16nm
- Itshiphu ye-A11: 10nm
- Itshiphu ye-A12: 7nm
- A13 chip: 7nm +
- Itshiphu ye-A14: 5nm
Kwiminyaka nje emihlanu epheleleyo baye bakwazi ukunciphisa ubukhulu be-chipset ngaphezu kwesithathu kwaye oku akucingeli nje ukuba i-iPhone yeyona fowuni inamandla kakhulu kwimarike, kodwa kunye nolawulo olungcono lwezixhobo kwaye, ngaphezu kwayo yonke into, ukonga okubalulekileyo kwebhetri, into leyo kwimeko yee-iPhones ibe yidrama yokwenyani kwiminyaka yakutshanje. iminyaka kwaye oko kubonakala kuphelelwe lixesha ngokufika kwe-iPhone XR.
Ngokwethiyori, ngokukaMing-Chi Kuo, iApple iya kusungula ukuya kuthi ga kwiimodeli ezine ezahlukeneyo ngo-2020, uhlobo lweemodeli ezimbini ze "Pro" kunye neemodeli ezimbini eziqhelekileyo, zonke ngaphandle kwenye ehambelana noqhagamshelo lwe-5G, kwaye sele iqala ukusothusa ukuba ifemu yeCupertino ithatha ixesha elide ukujoyina olu hlobo loqhagamshelo, ukuhlala njalo. ube yintshatsheli yenguqulelo yamva nje yoqhagamshelo olukhoyo. Okwangoku siza kuqhubeka silinde ukuvuza okuzayo kwikhonkco lemveliso, kulele ngokucacileyo ngenxa yeCoronavirus.