The Apple Page -- An Update -- January 19, 2023

See this post from earlier this week with regard to the huge Apple announcement earlier this week:

• two Apple products get the new M2 chip
• this particular M2 architecture is/was based on a 5nm chip
• these products were scheduled to be released last fall (Oct/Nov 2022) but Chiese net-zero Covid-19 lock downs disrupted everything;
• two weeks ago Tim Cook made the decision to release these two Apple projects with the M2 chip
• this was a stealth release
• supply restraints persist
• the Mac mini has a small following
• 2020: $899
• 2023: $599, and much more powerful (talk to me again about inflation)
  
• the MacBook Pro -- high-end laptop
• "99%" of Mac laptop users: MacBook Air
• "1%" of Mac laptop users: MacBook Pro (the new M2)

Meanwhile:

• remember: these huge developments were based on 5nm architecture
• now, it's being reported that Apple hardware to be released 2H23 will have the came "capabilities" on 3nm architecture;
• this actually skips 4nm architecture already found in the Apple A16 -- ARM64 SOC chip.

And, then, look at this. That report that Apple hardware to be released 2H23 will be based on 3nm architecture: rumored to be the MacBook Air:

Now, note: at wiki, the current iPhone chip is the A16. Above: the iPhone Pro will likely have the A17 Bionic chip.

Again, repeating:

Apple's chipmaking partner TSMC kicked off mass production of 3nm chips in late December. The M3 chip in the next MacBook Air could be one of Apple's first 3nm chips alongside the A17 Bionic chip in iPhone 15 Pro models later this year.

Moore's law, link here:

Moore's Law states that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years. The law claims that we can expect the speed and capability of our computers to increase every two years because of this, yet we will pay less for them. Another tenet of Moore's Law asserts that this growth is exponential. The law is attributed to Gordon Moore, the co-founder and former CEO of Intel. 

Apple/TSMC seems to be violating Moore's law ... in a good way.  

January 19, 2023: is anyone paying attention?

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