Official TSMC Timeline — I'm waiting for the M3 MacBook Pro in 2022

[SpiritSoul1008]

Here is the timeline released my TSMC themselves:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/1602...technology-details-full-node-scaling-for-2h22

The performance and battery life increases are stunning. I think I'll wait for the M3 in 2022. When Apple says the transition will be over in 2 years, this is what they mean:

25-30% Better Battery Life. We're talking 25 hour battery life.

15% Better Performance.


TSMC

Advertised PPA Improvements of New Process Technologies

Data announced during conference calls, events, press briefings and press releases

	N7vs16FF+	N7vsN10	N7PvsN7	N7+vsN7	N5vsN7	N5PvsN5	N3vsN5
Power	-60%	<-40%	-10%	-15%	-30%	-10%	-25-30%
Performance	+30%	?	+7%	+10%	+15%	+5%	+10-15%
Logic Area	70%	>37%	-	~17%	0.55x	-	0.58x
Reduction %					-45%		-42%
(Density)					(1.8x)		(1.7x)
Volume Manufacturing				Q2 2019	Q2 2020	2021	H2 2022

Apple might tweak the architecture or add more cores, so we might see even more.

 

[ght56]

Meanwhile, also in 2022, Intel will still be like, "We'll have those 10nm chips out next month..."

 

[ian87w]

Meanwhile, also in 2022, Intel will still be like, "We'll have those 10nm chips out next month..."

I hope Intel will push their marketing to the max resulting in (a lot) cheaper premium windows laptops.

 

[SpiritSoul1008]

Meanwhile, also in 2022, Intel will still be like, "We'll have those 10nm chips out next month..."

https://www.hardwaretimes.com/intel...-older-nodes-and-11th-gen-rocket-lake-lineup/ 🤣 That was two years ago.

 

[UBS28]

I guess I will get the 16” MBP unless they still only have 2 ports and limited to 16GB of ram and only 1 external display.