It is expected that the A20 series chipset, which will be mounted on the iPhone 18 series to be released by Apple this fall, will become "the most expensive mobile processor in history."
Recently, Taiwan's Economic Daily reported that the unit price of Apple's A20 processor, which is produced using TSMC's 2nm process, could reach up to $280. This is an increase of more than 80% compared to the previous A19 chip, and it is evaluated as a mobile AP price unprecedented in history.
The sharp rise in processor prices, coupled with the recent surge in memory prices, is expected to put a considerable burden on the cost structure of the next iPhone 18 series. The industry analyzes that as the costs of core components such as AP and memory are rising simultaneously, it is inevitable that the selling price of the iPhone 18 will increase.
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