https://wccftech.com/apple-a13-reportedly-using-tsmc-7nm-n7-pro-process/

TSMC is expected to be Apple’s chief supplier of chips with which the A13 SoC will be made for the upcoming 2019 iPhone lineup. With the two partnering together, TSMC is readying its 7nm process for the technology giant, but it appears that the technology used to make the A13 will be using a different name called 7nm N7 Pro. TSMC is ready to enter mass production of 7nm with EUV this quarter, so it looks like the N7 Pro might be a different manufacturing process of making the silicon for Apple.

According to Commercial Times via DigiTimes, TSMC is ready to enter 7nm EUV chip production this quarter. For those that don’t know, EUV stands for ‘extreme ultraviolet lithography’ and enables chipmakers like TSMC to make even more precise and miniaturized chip layouts. If you want to check out a more thorough explanation, you can check out our earlier report concerning the technology and its advantages for future mobile SoCs. However, Apple is not going to be the first customer to make use of TSMC’s 7nm EUV technology. That is most likely going to be Huawei, which will use the node probably for its Kirin 985 that will be incorporated in the upcoming Mate 30 range.