Apple is expected to increase the core count on the A18 series chipsets’ Neural Engine
The amount of silicon wafers expected to be produced for TSMC’s production of 3nm chips for Apple this year is expected to rise 50% over last year which will lock Apple in as the foundry’s largest customer. In addition to increasing the amount of wafer production for TSMC to turn into chips, Apple has also been able to secure a large amount of production capacity for advanced packaging production from TSMC.
Apple has included a Neural Engine on its A-series chips ever since 2017’s A11 Bionic which was used on the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and the iPhone X. That chip featured a dual-core Neural Engine which increased to an octa-core Neural Engine for the A12 and A13 Bionic in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
