en.Wedoany.com Reported - Apple has completed trial production testing of the A21 processor for its next-generation iPhone, manufactured using TSMC's most advanced 2-nanometer (nm) process technology.

According to Taiwan's DigiTimes, Apple has completed design verification for the next-generation A21 chipset and successfully ensured the operational integrity of trial samples through TSMC's 2nm process production line. This marks that both parties have stabilized the early yield of the wafer process infrastructure on track, and Apple plans to officially initiate mass production of the main silicon wafers in line with the shipment schedule for its flagship products in the second half of the year.

The A21 processor, based on the new 2nm process, is designed to handle advanced large language model (LLM) and Apple Intelligence workloads at the hardware level. The neural processing unit (NPU) core architecture, responsible for accelerating artificial intelligence (AI), has been redesigned to improve computational performance compared to existing nodes while reducing power consumption by up to 25%.

Apple is negotiating with TSMC over early wafer allocation and procurement profit margin limits to ensure a stable supply of the next-generation silicon chipset. Analysts believe that as the global semiconductor market restructures around AI server accelerators and the risk of foundry capacity shortages spreads, Apple's strategy is to preemptively diversify component supply risks for its mobile product line and minimize resistance to unit price increases.

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