Market analyst Jeff Pu pointed out earlier in his research report that Apple's iPhone 2026 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the long-rumored "iPhone 18 Fold" with a foldable screen design, which it expects to launch in 18, will use the A20 Pro processor, which will be built with TSMC's first-generation 2nm process N2 technology.
Compared with the iPhone 16 Pro series launched last year, which uses the A3 Pro processor built with TSMC's second-generation 3nm process N18E technology, the iPhone 17 Pro series expected to be launched this fall will be equipped with the A19 Pro processor specifications and will be built with TSMC's third-generation 3nm process N3P technology.
It will be used next in the iPhone 18 Pro series, and even Apple’s first foldable screen design "iPhone 18 Fold". The A2 Pro processor will be built with TSMC's first-generation 2nm process N20 technology. Its computing performance will be increased by 19% compared to the A15 Pro, and power consumption will be reduced by up to 30%.
In addition, Pu Deyu also expects that the A20 Pro processor will adopt TSMC's wafer-level multi-chip module packaging technology (WMCM), which will enable the memory to be directly integrated with the CPU, GPU and neural network engine on the wafer, thereby speeding up the overall execution efficiency. At the same time, it can also further reduce power consumption. This means that the iPhone 18 Pro series will be able to exchange lower power consumption for longer power usage time, and at the same time, it can also use a smaller chip size to correspond to a smaller-scale design of the cooling system, thereby giving the "iPhone 18 Fold" greater design flexibility.
