iPhone 6 cross-border brutal blow: kill 20nm graphics card

In the past, AMD (ATI) and NVIDIA were always the first to use the latest foundry technology, and GPU graphics cards were always the testing grounds for new technologies. But this time, with the advent of 20nm, both companies have remained silent and are still continuing with 28nm. The next step may be to switch directly to 16/14nm.

Why? Because of the apple with a bite missing.

Previously, the processors for Apple's iPhone/iPad were exclusively manufactured by Samsung, but Apple has never liked Samsung and tried hard to get rid of this annoying guy. TSMC, the number one foundry, is naturally the best choice, and TSMC would wake up smiling in its dreams if it could hold on to a big shot like Apple.

As a result, 20nm has almost become Apple's "private dish", and AMD and NVIDIA can hardly squeeze in. 20nm A8 is coming off the production line continuously, and tens of millions of units are inevitable. How many discrete graphics cards can be sold these days?

Not to mention graphics cards, even Qualcomm, which also makes mobile chips and is also a major customer of TSMC, has been squeezed out by Apple. It only has one 20nm baseband so far, and the Snapdragon series will have to wait and see.

Insiders from several related companies have recently confirmed that Apple has consumed most of the production capacity of TSMC's 20nm production line. There will definitely be no 20nm GPUs this year, and it is hard to say what will happen in the future.

TSMC's 16nm will be put into mass production next year, and it is rumored that Apple A9 will use it. Is this the rhythm of forcing everyone to death again?

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