- IPhone 18 phones to use A20 fleas
- These processors could be based on an improved 2 nm process
- This means faster and more effective fleas
Although the iPhone 18 series is not launched for another and a half year, we have already heard several predictions on this subject – and the last suggests that the four models in the range will obtain a substantial upgrading of performance.
This comes from Apple analyst respected Ming-Chi Kuo, who reiterated a prediction he made six months ago: that the A20 chipsets intended for the iPhone 18 handsets will use a production process of 2 nanometers.
Current iPhone 16 devices use A18 processors made with 3NM technology. A passage from 3 nm to 2 nm essentially means that more transistors can be wrapped inside a processor, which makes it faster and more efficient.
Iphones become faster each year of course, but a change in the manufacturing process like this means significant performance gains, beyond the usual increases. This should mean that the iPhone 18 can offer the following level treatment power.
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Reiterating my prediction six months ago: new iPhones 2h26 (iPhone 18) will be supplied by 2NM chips of TSMC. https://t.co/zowxfqfunMarch 22, 2025
There remains an ambiguity to know if the chips for each iPhone 18 model will obtain this upgrade 2 Nm. Kuo now seems more optimistic on this subject than in September, but it may be an upgrade only for pro and pro max models.
This follows reports earlier this week from another industry analyst, Jeff Pu at GF Securities. PA initially suggested that A20 chipsets would be based on a 3nm process, before revising its prediction to say that silicon 2 NM A20 was a possibility.
It would be good that even Apple and its partners in the supply chain are not yet safe. The combines of the iPhone 18 will not see the light of day before September 2026, so there is still a lot of time for the manufacturing processes to be refined.
In the meantime, we have the iphone 17 series to hope, which should be unveiled in September 2025. These phones should obtain upgrades to the A19 processors – but they will be built using existing 3nm process technology.
