A new report from Counterpoint has just claimed that Apple is expected to largely retain the market lead when it comes to 5nm chips. According to this analysis, the Apple brand should, in 2021, produce more than half of the chips on the market.
In the document it is explained that the situation of electronic chip manufacturerswas good in 2020 and should be the same in 2021. After Apple, it is Qualcomm, the main supplier on the market, which should manufacture the most of these chips, around 1/4 of global production over the next twelve months.
On the third step of the podium, far behind the two Californian companies, it is Samsung. The South Korean giant is currently only responsible for 5% of 5nm chip production. The demand for these objects is also less strong at Samsung than at Apple. The Apple brand must produce its own A14 chips, while Samsung supplies itselfat Qualcomm for most of its models.
5 nm today, 4 tomorrow and after?
The change that is taking place between chips engraved in 7 nm and that in 5 nm should further accelerate in the coming months with the arrival of 5G and other technologies requiring even greater performance.
Still according to the report, Apple should even abandon its 5nm chips for 5nm+ during this year 2021. The next chip from the Apple brand could in fact be equipped with this brand new technology, before switching to 5nm+ chips in 2022. chips engraved in 4 nm,see 3 nm according to certain experts from the firm. The jump from 5 to 3 nm seems complicated to achieve, even for Apple, which could, given its lead, afford a year of transition with 4 nm chips.
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