How Many Transistors Can Apple Put On One Chip? Moore's Law Broken? March 12, 2022

Wow, this is exciting.

Moore's law:  Definition. Moore's law is a term used to refer to the observation made by Gordon Moore in 1965 that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years.

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On October 20, 2021, this graphic was updated over at wiki:

October 20, 2021: this graphic was updated over at wiki overnight --

On March 8, 2022, wiki had to update graphic once again. Here's the wiki entry for "transistor count," or how many transistors can Apple put on one chip:

Note the M1 Max at 57 billion transistors on one chip. The M1 Ultra, introduced and available now, has exactly double that: 114 billion transistors on one chip. Apple literally put two "M1 Maxes" on one chip. 

5nm.

My understanding is that Apple has already ordered 4nm chips from TSMC, and TSMC is working on its 3nm chip which should be available in 2024. It has just been announced Intel has also gone with the TSMC chip.

Go back to Moore's Law, "doubles every two years."

Apple's Law: "double every year." LOL.