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Editor’s Note
As the saying goes: “He who holds the ‘chip’ holds the world.” In the mobile phone industry, the chip business is the most confidential department of the entire company. In 2020, two major mobile phone manufacturers were the first to release chips produced using TSMC’s 5nm process, with main core frequencies exceeding 3GHz, making them incredibly powerful. Subsequently, Samsung, in collaboration with VIVO, released the Exynos 1080 processor based on the 5nm process, which is expected to debut in the vivo x60 series. Finally, a heavyweight player in the chip industry, Qualcomm, released the Snapdragon 888 series, with the Xiaomi 11 series set to launch soon. So, how is this 5nm chip applied in the mobile phone market? Let’s take a look:
1//TSMC Leads the Way into the 5nm Era
Apple Inc. released the new iPhone 12 series in October 2020, featuring the world’s first chip using 5nm technology, called the “A14 BIONIC” chip.Apple applied the “A14 BIONIC” chip to the iPhone 12 and the new “iPad Air.”In November 2020, Apple also released the “MacBook Pro,” “MacBook Air,” and “Mac mini” equipped with the “Apple Silicon M1” (using 5nm technology).All of Apple’s new products from fall to winter 2020 were equipped with processors utilizing cutting-edge 5nm technology.