As usual, every year Apple is expected to introduce new computers using increasingly powerful and efficient Apple Silicon processors. For their upcoming computers, Apple is expected to use the Apple M5 processor.
There have been several reports that TSMC has already begun the initial process of manufacturing the Apple M5 processor, and it uses the 3nm N3P build process that began operations late last year.
This process is an upgrade to the previously used N3E process, and allows TSMC customers to choose whether they want to increase the performance of their SoC by 4 percent with the same power consumption, or maintain the same performance with a 9 percent reduction in power consumption.
All processors launched this year will reportedly also use the N3P process, which could mean that the M5 processor may be more efficient in battery power consumption with the same performance.
It is expected that Apple will showcase the Apple M5, M5 Pro, M5 Max and M5 Ultra processing chip models this year which will be used in a large number of their products such as the Apple MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini and so on.