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Apple Vision Pro Rumored to Receive R2 Chip Next Year

Thursday September 18, 2025 7:25 am PDT by
Taiwan's Commercial Times this week reported that Apple's Vision Pro headset will be updated next year with Apple's R2 chip. The report said the chip — along with A20 chips for iPhones, and M6 chips for Macs — will be fabricated with TSMC's latest 2nm process. The current Apple Vision Pro is equipped with Apple's M2 chip, which serves as the device's main processor, along with an R1...
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iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max Design Rumors: Translucent MagSafe Area, Display Sizes, and More

Wednesday September 17, 2025 2:00 pm PDT by
While the iPhone 17 series and the iPhone Air are still a few days away from launching, there are already some early rumors about the iPhone 18 Pro's design. Overall, the iPhone 18 Pro models will feature a similar design as the iPhone 17 Pro models, according to Digital Chat Station, a previously-accurate leaker with more than three million followers on Chinese social media platform Weibo. ...
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3nm M2 Pro Chip for MacBook Pro Reportedly Entering Production Later This Year

Thursday August 18, 2022 7:39 am PDT by
TSMC will begin production of 3nm chips for Apple by the end of 2022, according to a report this week from Taiwan's Commercial Times. A separate report from the publication claimed that TSMC will begin mass production of 3nm chips in September. The report, citing industry insiders, claims that the M2 Pro chip may be the first to use TSMC's advanced 3nm process. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman...
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Apple's A8 Chip Production for iPhone 6 Underway at TSMC

Wednesday March 5, 2014 8:43 am PST by
Apple's new chip partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has begun production on the next-generation A8 chip destined for the iPhone 6 later this year, according to a report [Google Translate] from Taiwan's Commercial Times picked up by AFP.The world's leading contract microchip maker last month started producing the A8 chip, which is tipped to power the expected iPhone 6, the...

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