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Alex Wawro

TSMC's new 2nm chip will reportedly cost 50% more — get ready for more expensive laptops and phones

MacBook Air M4.

AMD, Apple, Nvidia, Qualcomm and many other tech companies source the chips that drive their high-end devices from one manufacturer: TSMC, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. And if a new report proves true, TSMC is going to be charging them a lot more for the privilege.

That's according to a China Times article citing supply chain sources which appears to suggest (via machine translation) that TSMC is prepared to start delivering chips fabricated on a 2-nanometer process as early as next year.

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