The iPhone 15 chip will probably use up to 35% less power

TSMC officially started production yesterday 3nm chips and it is expected that the next generation of Apple chips will arrive with this lithography. According to TSMC, this technology compared to the previous generation 35% higher energy efficiency Yes, so we expect the A17 Bionic chip used in the iPhone 15 to consume less energy.

Although Samsung managed to do this before TSMC started producing 3nm chips, TSMC is the largest chip maker in the world and acquiring this technology would mean offering countless products with 3nm chips.

While TSMC has started mass production of 3nm chips, according to its CEO Mark Liu, we should expect 2nm chips in the future:

“The semiconductor industry will grow rapidly in the next decade, and Taiwan will play an even more vital role in the world economy.”

The A17 chip of the iPhone 15 will consume less energy

Currently, the most advanced chips like Apple’s A16 Bionic are made with 4nm lithography, but what advantage will the next generation of chips have over them? 3nm chips not only provide users with higher power, but also consume less power.

According to Liu, TSMC’s 3nm chips will be faster than before, and their energy efficiency will also increase by 35%. However, Liu did not mention how much faster these chips are compared to 4 and 5 nm samples.

Typically, each generation of Apple’s A-series chips comes with a 10 to 25 speed increase, but we can’t easily estimate how much power consumption will decrease. But according to TSMC, the A17 Bionic chip will probably consume up to 35% less energy, although this will not mean a 35% reduction in iPhone 15 energy consumption; Because many factors such as the screen play a role in this field.

According to TSMC, there is high demand for the company’s 3nm chips, but the buyers of these chips were not named. However, we know that Apple is TSMC’s biggest customer, and 26% of TSMC’s revenues in 2021 came from Apple.