Apple steps up orders for 5nm chips from TSMC

A report today out of Taiwan reveals that TSMC has cut 5nm wafer production for Huawei due to slowing smartphone sales and that production capacity has promptly been grabbed by Apple ahead of next-gen 5G-capable iPhones due this fall.
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Jack Purcher for Patently Apple:Apple requested TSMC to add nearly 10,000 pieces of production capacity in the fourth quarter.TSMC’s 5-nanometer is not only on schedule and full capacity, but 7-nanometer will continue to be fully