I-Miniaturization yingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu yezobuchwepheshe, ikakhulukazi kumadivayisi eselula lapho i-millimeter ngayinye ibalulekile khona. Endabeni yamaprosesa, ukubenza bahlangane kakhudlwana akusizi nje ukonga isikhala, kepha futhi kusho ukonga okukhulu kwebhethri, okungukuthi, ukwenziwa ngcono ngokwezinsizakusebenza. Kunoma ikuphi, i-Apple ihlangene ne-TSMC iminyaka embalwa kuze kufike kuma-processor we-iPhone, okuyenza ibe ngumhlinzeki wayo kuphela futhi ilahle iSamsung ngokuphelele. Ngokusho kokuvuza kwamuva, i-TSMC ilungiselela iprosesa yama-nanometer ama-5 kuphela we-iPhone 12.
I-TSMC ibisebenza kuphela ne-Apple kusukela ngo-2016 futhi kusukela lapho sebekhiphe ama-processor alandelayo:
- I-chip ye-A10: 16nm
- I-chip ye-A11: 10nm
- I-chip ye-A12: 7nm
- I-chip ye-A13: 7nm +
- I-chip ye-A14: 5nm
Eminyakeni emihlanu nje ephelele bakwazi ukwehlisa usayizi we-chipset ube ngaphezu kwengxenye yesithathu Futhi lokhu akuthathi nje kuphela ukuthi i-iPhone iyiselula enamandla kunawo wonke emakethe, kodwa futhi nokuphathwa okungcono kwezinsizakusebenza nangaphezu kwakho konke ukonga ibhethri okubalulekile, into okuthi esimweni se-iPhone ibikade iyidrama yangempela eminyakeni yamuva Iminyaka futhi lokho kubonakala kuphelelwe yisikhathi ngokufika kwe-iPhone XR.
Ngokombono, ngokusho kukaMing-Chi Kuo, i-Apple izokwethula amamodeli angafika amane kulo nyaka we-2020, uhlobo lwezinhlobo ezimbili ze- "Pro" namamodeli amabili ajwayelekile, onke ahambisanayo ngaphandle kweyodwa enokuxhumeka kwe-5G, futhi kuyamangaza ukuthi inkampani yaseCupertino ithatha isikhathi ukujoyina lolu hlobo lokuxhuma, ibilokhu ingumpetha inguqulo yakamuva yokuxhuma iyatholakala. Okwamanje, sizoqhubeka nokulinda ukuvuza okuzayo ochungechungeni lokukhiqiza, kucaciswe ngokusobala ukuthi yiCoronavirus.