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  • Mini LED MacBook Air not expected until 2022

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    It fits together with earlier reports/rumors of new form factor/redesign for Air in 2022. 

    Mini LED with smaller bezels, M3 on 3nm,  will allow for smaller, lighter or more lasting device. Probably with 5G and making it ultimate portable powerhouse.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple takes TSMC's whole 3nm production capacity for Mac, iPhone, iPad

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    zimmie said:
    50k processors per month on a bleeding-edge fab tech might be enough for the Mac Pro. Definitely not enough for anything more mainstream.

    As an aside, TSMC uses wafers 300mm in diameter in most of its fab processes. That's 70,685mm^2. The A14 is 88mm^2. You lose about 6% of the area of a wafer to the edges and unmasked regions for handling. That means very roughly 750 A14 processors per wafer (before you lose some to flaws). 50k processors per month at that density would be about two wafers per day. That's believable preview volume for a bleeding-edge fab process while the fab works on scaling it out effectively.
    That means about 225 mil processors a year. I think it could be Apple whole production combined. They roughly ship 200 mil iPones, 50 mil iPads and 20 mil Macs. It will increase but not all use latest processors. On other hand iPad and Mac processors are bigger. But it can be rally true they bought out whole production for whole year.
    rezwitswatto_cobra

  • Apple takes TSMC's whole 3nm production capacity for Mac, iPhone, iPad

    frantisekfrantisek
    avon b7 said:
    tmay said:
    blastdoor said:
    tmay said:
    Apple is a monopsony in silicon.

    monopsony definition

    "A market situation in which there is only one buyer."


    I'm loving that Apple can do that, and I'm guessing that everyone else goes to Samsung.

    That's a good vocabulary word for people to know, but Apple isn't a monopsonist in silicon (though they do have some market power). There are multiple suppliers (TSMC, GloFo, Samsung, and Intel) and multiple buyers (Apple, Qualcomm, Nvidia, AMD, and Intel). 

    It's true that TSMC is the biggest supplier and Apple is the biggest buyer. It's true Apple might be (according to this article) taking all of the *initial* 3nm production from TSMC.  That's not a small thing. But it's a long, long way from "Apple has a monopsony in silicon." 
    ...of leading edge silicon...which TMSC 3nm node would be.
    He was right. And he spelled out *initial* to make his point crystal clear. 

    Apple is not the only customer for 3nm. If it weren't for US extraterritorial 'sanctions' on Huawei, I can assure you that TSMC would be serving both Apple and Huawei in parallel. 

    Just like it has for the last few years now.

    And let's not forget what TSMC itself said about 3nm and Graphcore

    https://www.anandtech.com/show/16040/tsmc-and-graphcore-prepare-for-ai-acceleration-on-3nm
    There is nothing said about when others besides Apple will get access to 3 nm technology.  I understood news that Apple will be the only one who will get 3nm till supply increase above Apple needs. 

    Question for me is if there is mentioned 4 nm process when they gonna to implement it when enhanced 5 is coming 2021 and 3 nm in 2022. Will 4 nm for rest who won't get 3 nm at the beginning?
    watto_cobra

  • Apple could begin producing its own car with a 'next level' battery in 2024

    frantisekfrantisek
    So when we can expect iHouse :smiley: ?
    tobian

  • AirPods Max were made to be both beautiful and powerful, designers say

    frantisekfrantisek
    :D Here is where Apple designers got design idea. In case they were already born :D

    In our 1985 Oscar nominee movie



    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090257/?ref_=ttmi_tt


    or see trailer 

    https://youtu.be/-kIRWZiLavw?t=32

    muthuk_vanalingam