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Apple’s 2nm Chip Revolution in 2026: Four New Chips, Game-Changing Packaging & the Race to Catch Up

Apple’s 2nm Chip Revolution in 2026: Four New Chips, Game-Changing Packaging & the Race to Catch Up

Apple’s 2nm Chip Lineup for 2026 Apple is gearing up for a significant leap in its silicon roadmap in 2026, with four new chips based on TSMC’s 2-nanometer process technology. This represents the next step in Apple’s aggressive “tick-tock” chip evolution, coming on the heels of its 3nm-based A17 and M3 series. According to supply-chain reports, Apple has locked in roughly 50% of TSMC’s initial 2nm output to produce these chips wccftech.com, underscoring how crucial they are to Apple’s future products. Below is an overview of the expected 2nm Apple chips and their target devices: It’s clear Apple isn’t limiting
16 September 2025
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Tech Turmoil: iPhone 17 Stuns, Starlink Outage, Cyber Hacks & Chip Wars – Non-AI News Roundup (Sept 14–15, 2025)

Tech Turmoil: iPhone 17 Stuns, Starlink Outage, Cyber Hacks & Chip Wars – Non-AI News Roundup (Sept 14–15, 2025)

Key Facts Consumer Tech: Apple’s Big Launches and More Apple dominated headlines with a slate of new consumer devices launched at its Sept 9 “Awe Dropping” event, with products rolling out through mid-September. The company revealed four new iPhones – the iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and a surprise iPhone Air – its slimmest iPhone ever at just 5.6 mm thick macworld.com. Despite the sleeker design and upgraded internals (all models sport variants of the new A19 chip), pricing held steady: the base iPhone 17 starts at $799 (now with 256 GB storage), and the Air at $999 macworld.com macworld.com. Reviewers noted that “we not only
15 September 2025
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Apple’s N1 Chip Shakes Up Wireless: Inside iPhone 17’s Wi‑Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 Revolution

Apple’s N1 Chip Shakes Up Wireless: Inside iPhone 17’s Wi‑Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 Revolution

Key Facts: Introduction Apple has quietly launched a wireless revolution inside its latest iPhones. With the September 2025 debut of the iPhone 17 series, Apple introduced the N1 chip – its first in-house Wi‑Fi/Bluetooth combo chip. The N1 is a custom-designed wireless networking chip that handles all Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, and Thread radio communications in the new iPhones apple.com. This marks a pivotal expansion of Apple’s Silicon initiative beyond application processors (A-series/M-series) into the realm of connectivity. By integrating cutting-edge Wi‑Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread support on a single Apple-made chip, the company is dramatically reshaping its devices’ wireless capabilities and its
10 September 2025
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AI Chip Boom, Google’s New Tricks, and Hollywood’s Robot Wars – Today’s AI News Roundup

AI Chip Arms Race: Nvidia’s Dominance, Broadcom’s Bold Move, and the Future of Silicon Supremacy

Key Facts 1. Overview – What Are AI Chips and Why Do They Matter? Artificial intelligence chips (“AI chips”) are specialized microprocessors designed specifically for AI workloads. Unlike general-purpose CPUs, AI chips (such as GPUs, TPUs, FPGAs, and AI-specific ASICs) are architected to perform the massively parallel, math-intensive operations that machine learning models require cset.georgetown.edu cset.georgetown.edu. This means they can crunch matrices, tensors, and neural network calculations far more efficiently than traditional processors. AI chips have become the critical enablers of modern AI breakthroughs. The latest deep learning models – from image recognizers to large language models like ChatGPT – demand staggering computational power. For example, training a
5 September 2025
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Chips, Space & Cyber Scares: Inside August 28–29, 2025’s Biggest Tech Bombshells

Chips, Space & Cyber Scares: Inside August 28–29, 2025’s Biggest Tech Bombshells

Key Facts Hardware Developments (Chips & Devices) U.S. Bets Big on Intel’s Chips: In a dramatic government intervention, Intel confirmed it received $5.7 billion in cash on Aug. 27 as part of a U.S.-negotiated deal for a 10% stake in the company reuters.com. The investment – orchestrated by President Donald Trump – is meant to ensure Intel retains control of its contract chip manufacturing (foundry) business on American soil reuters.com. Intel CFO David Zinsner said the government also secured warrants for an extra 5% stake if Intel ever spun off its foundry, but he downplayed that scenario: “I don’t think there’s a
29 August 2025
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AI Accelerator Chip Gold Rush: Inside the Global Race for a $300B Market by 2030

AI Accelerator Chip Gold Rush: Inside the Global Race for a $300B Market by 2030

The AI accelerator chips market is projected to exceed $360 billion by 2032, up from $28.5 billion in 2024, with about 37.4% CAGR. In 2024, GPUs accounted for about 35% of AI accelerator revenue, while custom AI ASICs were the fastest-growing segment at 43%+ CAGR. Cloud data centers dominate AI chip demand at roughly 75%, while edge AI chips are growing at more than 40% annually. North America held about 44% of the AI accelerators market in 2024, and NVIDIA commanded over 80% of data-center AI accelerator hardware. Hyperscalers like Google with TPU and AWS with Inferentia/Trainium have built in-house
21 July 2025
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China Tech’s July 2025 Shockwave: AI Triumphs, Chip War Truce, and EV Frenzy

China Tech’s July 2025 Shockwave: AI Triumphs, Chip War Truce, and EV Frenzy

Huawei regained the top spot in China’s smartphone market in Q2 2025 with 12.5 million units shipped, the first time it led for more than four years. China saw the launch of more than 100 AI-native devices across smartphones, PCs, and AR glasses in 2025. JD.com reported a 7x year-over-year jump in AR glasses sales during the 618 shopping festival. Xiaomi unveiled the YU7 SUV, a second EV model with a claimed range of up to 835 km and a price premium of 60,000–70,000 yuan over the Tesla Model Y. June NEV sales reached 1.33 million nationwide, with BYD selling
21 July 2025
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Semiconductor Industry Roundup (June–July 2025): Advanced Chips, Equipment, and Geopolitics

Semiconductor Industry Roundup (June–July 2025): Advanced Chips, Equipment, and Geopolitics

In summer 2025, TSMC reported near 90% yield on its 3 nm process, versus Samsung’s roughly 50% yield. Samsung, which pioneered 3 nm gate-all-around transistors in 2022, continues to struggle with yields but has won Google’s Tensor G5 on 3 nm and other new clients for older nodes. TSMC and Samsung are racing toward 2 nm (N2-class) technology, with TSMC’s 2 nm on track for risk production and high-volume manufacturing in late 2025 or early 2026. Intel detailed an 18A process (approximately 1.8 nm class) at the mid-June VLSI Symposium, promising >30% logic density scaling and up to ~20% higher
1 July 2025
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