TECH NEWS – Rumors suggest that the A20 chipset will be used in the 2026 devices and that they will already use 2-nanometer technology.

Previously, we were disappointed by what Jeff Pu, an analyst at GF Securities, said. He previously said that the 2026 models would be based on silicon mass-produced on TSMC’s third-generation 3nm process. In comparison, another analyst says the exact opposite, as he believes that the Cupertino-based company could use the 2 nm technology as early as next year, and said that the entire iPhone 18 series will be released with this chipset.

Reiterating my prediction from six months ago: the 2H26 new iPhones (iPhone 18) will be powered by TSMC’s 2nm chips.

Worth noting, TSMC’s 2nm R&D trial yields reached 60–70% three months ago, and they’re now well above that. https://t.co/ZoWXFqfUnS

— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) March 22, 2025

Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst at TF International Securities, said on Twitter that Apple’s 2nm chipset will arrive for the iPhone 18 series in the second half of 2026. He had previously mentioned that due to increased costs, only certain models will receive this technology (the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, obviously), and the cheaper devices (the base model and the Air, when the latter replaces the Plus) may have the 3 nm N3P system-on-a-chip (SoC)… but that’s not how he put it this time, he wrote “new iPhones”, which implies that all of them will have the 2-nanometer A20 without exception.

However, there may be differences between the A20 and the A20 Pro (number of GPU cores), as Apple followed this practice for the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max when it announced the A18 and A18 Pro. The iPhone 16e was also released with the A18, but even more scaled down as it has a 4-core GPU as opposed to the standard A18’s 5-core configuration. Kuo is confident in his prediction because he is confident in TSMC’s results with 2nm: trial production on advanced lithography achieved a 60 percent yield, and Kuo noted that this number is likely to be higher now, allowing TSMC to increase its monthly production to a level that will allow it to deliver 2nm shipments to Apple on time.

None of this is official yet!

Source: WCCFTech