Zhongguancun Online News: According to the Taiwan Media Business Times, TSMC has now taken over Apple's 5G chips and RF IC orders. The 5G chip will support both Sub-6GHz and millimeter wave technology, using TSMC 5nm support, RF IC using a 7nm process, and is expected to start mass production in 2023.
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According to supply chain news, the iPhone 14 will use Samsung's 4nm process chip, equipped with Qualcomm X65 and RF IC; and the iPhone 15 series released in 2023 will first use the chip it developed in cooperation with TSMC: A17 uses a 3nm process, 5G baseband uses a 5nm process, and the RF IC still uses a 7nm process.
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The Business Times said that apple's self-developed 5G chip has been developed for nearly three years, while supporting Sub-6GHz and millimeter wave technology, and is expected to be field tested this year and mass production will begin in 2023.
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