Apple reportedly hoards 90% of TSMC’s 3nm capacity this year

According to a new report from Taiwan today, Apple pretty much has a chokehold on TSMC’s supply of 3nm chips this year. TSMC will apparently see the baseline 3nm process technology dominate 90% of its 3nm family capacity in 2023, and nearly 90% of that baseline 3nm capacity has allegedly already been booked by Apple for use in new iPhones, MacBooks, and iPads.

Both the A17 and the M3 are expected to be produced using TSMC’s 3nm process. Reports about Apple placing orders for 3nm chips date back all the way to 2020, so the company is clearly playing the long game here. The iPhone 15 Pro and…