As rumors of an iPhone 17 powered by a brand new 2nm manufacturing process swirl, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams has reportedly visited Taiwan in a bid to secure an early supply of TSMC’s coveted new chips.
The 2nm process is the next big thing in chip manufacturing but isn’t expected to arrive in consumer devices until 2025 at the earliest. Apple’s current best iPhone, the iPhone 15 Pro, is powered by the A17 Pro chip. Just like the M3 chips in Apple’s best MacBooks, these chips are made using a 3nm manufacturing process, which packs more transistors into a smaller space to deliver performance and efficiency upgrades. Apple’s M4 chip, which powers the new M4 iPad Pro and should arrive in Macs later this year, is built using an improved iteration of the 3nm process. According to reports, 2nm chips are expected to enter production in 2025, suggesting the iPhone 17 could be one of the earliest beneficiaries.
