The ongoing discussion about Moore’s Law suggests it’s still alive, particularly with TSMC pushing forward its latest chip technology. The reports indicate that TSMC’s next-gen 2nm chips, under the name N2, are on track for production this year, but we won’t see them in personal computers until 2027 at the earliest.

According to the UDN news site, progress with the N2 chip has exceeded expectations, allowing TSMC to adhere to its 2023 plans for mass-producible silicon by the end of this year.

Initially, Apple is expected to lead as the first customer for these chips, with Huida, Qualcomm, and MediaTek also being mentioned as potential early adopters. However, industry experts like Dylan Patel from SemiAnalysis underscore that even with mass production starting late in 2025, consumers might need to wait a bit longer before products equipped with N2 chips hit the shelves. He stated,

“N2 wafers require around 14 weeks to manufacture plus a few months for packaging assembly. The earliest we might see products utilizing N2 is around Q2 2026.”

Interestingly, though AMD and Nvidia haven’t started utilizing TSMC’s previous N3 node, both companies are releasing new GPU families based on the older N4 node. Despite these challenges, TSMC has stated solid progress in chip production, especially in SRAM density for the latest nodes, giving reasons for optimism in upcoming technological advancements in the next decade.