TSMC To Start 5nm Chip Production For iPhone In 2Q20

TSMC will remain the sole foundry partner of Apple for the chips for its 2020 iPhone series, and volume production using 5nm EUV process will kick off by the end of second-quarter 2020, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

As much as two thirds of TSMC’s available 5nm process capacity will be utilized to make the next-generation iPhone chips, the report said, citing sources at fab toolmakers.

TSMC has already moved 5nm process technology to risk production. HiSilicon is reportedly the other initial customer of TSMC’s 5nm process.―Digitimes