Although Samsung was the first to start 3nm manufacturing chips and by several months ahead of TSMC, it seems that his efforts in this field have not been successful Apple sufficient impression. The Cupertino giant reportedly chose TSMC instead of the Korean giant for the production of its future M3 and A17 Bionic chips.
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Apple's future M3 and A17 Bionic chips will be according to the site's information Nikkei Asia manufactured using TSMC's N3E (3nm) process. Apple it will probably reserve the A17 Bionic chipset for the most powerful iPhone models it will launch next year, while it could use the A16 Bionic chip for the cheaper ones.
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