Apple: The 2020 iPhone may be equipped with a 5nm SoC architecture

H TSMC, manufacturer of A-Series SoC introduced in Apple,, will now be able to produce architecture processors 5nm, paving the way for their use in the future iPhones.

H TSMC is now able to produce 5 nm architecture processors and therefore in 2020 it is very likely that we will see faster and more efficient iPhones models.

According to his report 9To5Mac, TSMC announced that "the 5nm design infrastructure is now complete." In other words, TSMC can now produce the 5nm architecture processors that its customers will design, including Apple.

The current generation of iPhones, including the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR, uses the A12 system-on-a-chip (SoC), which was designed by Apple and manufactured by TSMC with the 7nm architecture. The 5nm architecture was expected to be available in 2020, offering better performance and reduced power consumption. So since TSMC has completed the design infrastructure so early in 2019, then it is almost certain that next year we will see more and more gadgets taking advantage of smaller chips.

With that in mind, Apple's design team can now focus on a 5nm SoC, which will significantly upgrade the upcoming iPhone line-up. TSMC claims that compared to the ARM Cortex-A72 processor, the SoC 5nm will have 15% better performance and 80% higher transistor density than that implies.

Once sales of iPhones have skyrocketed, Apple needs to adjust its strategy and give consumers an extra incentive to buy a new iPhone and not use their old one for another year. Increasing performance is definitely a move in the right direction, but it certainly is not enough on its own to ensure the commercial success of the upcoming iPhone.

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