Another damage control article to NOT let people wait for M3 and buy the huge pile of M2 stock.
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TSMC Struggling to Make Enough 3-Nanometer Chips for Apple
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Well it's obvious that M3 anything this early on is not guaranteed.
I specifically requested an M3 for WWDC though
At first I misread the headline as TSMC Struggling to Make 3-Nanometer Chips for Apple
Then I noticed the important word:
TSMC Struggling to Make *Enough* 3-Nanometer Chips for Apple
Let's hope TSMC can improve their output. It's definitely better than not being able to produce them at all!
Then I noticed the important word:
TSMC Struggling to Make *Enough* 3-Nanometer Chips for Apple
Let's hope TSMC can improve their output. It's definitely better than not being able to produce them at all!
We're at a point in die sizing that is almost impossible to perfect. Its hard to blame TSMC, when it's unlikely anyone else could meet this demand today. BTW 3nm is 12 atoms wide. I realize the wires are actually larger than 3nm, but we're honesty pushing up against the laws of physics. It's unlikely Apple will be able to release chips on a smaller process, each year. We'll be lucky to see a 3 year cadence.
Quantum computing is a different beast altogether.We are at 3 nm, 0 nm is Quantum Computing!
How hard can it be? They're only little.
Or maybe it's the countdown to China invading Taiwan. 🤔We are at 3 nm, 0 nm is Quantum Computing!
there goes the mac pro!
Time for plans B and C
plan B bigger mac studio with maybe one X16 at X4 pci-e slot (NO GPU) and storage cards the user can upgrade (apple only like the 2019 mac pro)
plan C upgraded X86-64 mac pro like the (2019 but with newer CPU / chipset / socket) that also gives it pci-e 4.0 or 5.0
Time for plans B and C
plan B bigger mac studio with maybe one X16 at X4 pci-e slot (NO GPU) and storage cards the user can upgrade (apple only like the 2019 mac pro)
plan C upgraded X86-64 mac pro like the (2019 but with newer CPU / chipset / socket) that also gives it pci-e 4.0 or 5.0
This Nanometer news has been rinse and repeat for the last 25 years! Never ever have they enough speed and yield.
Will it ever stop?
Will it ever stop?
If you go by the same publication Intel is having to buy their 3nm stock from TSMC. Looks like Intel has already given up.
Intel Will Rely on TSMC for its Rebound - EE Times
Intel will join Apple to order the world’s first 3-nm chips from TSMC as the Taiwan chip foundry ramps up its newest process this year.
I'm waiting for the femtometer chips. Subatomic transistors, FTW.
iPhone 25 Ultra Pro Max liquid needs that.
2nm & 1nm in 2025 & 2027, respectively, is gonna be mind blowing I bet. Probably All day battery 🔋 life efficiency and super heavy duty graphics performance
The M2 Pro/Max really should have been skipped over. The demand is simply not there, especially when you can get the M1 versions with comparable performance for significantly less. I wouldn’t recommend the M2 Pro/Max machines to anyone.
ASi Mac Pro is a low-volume high-margin product, should be a no-brainer for Apple to use those wafers to "clear the pipe" for further M3-family/A17 wafer production...