Way back in 2022, Apple CEO Tim Cook stood next to President Biden at TSMC's new fab in Arizona and proclaimed the company would be first in line for the chips rolling off the manufacturing line in a few years.

Apple A16 Chips Now Being Manufactured at TSMC Plant in Arizona. In a significant milestone for domestic semiconductor production, Apple's A16 Bionic chips are now being manufactu

Although TSMC's Fab 21 phase 1 near Phoenix, Arizona, is officially set to start mass production of chips sometime in 2025, the facility is already making processors for the foundry's biggest client,

TSMC has started production in its first US fabrication unit in Arizona. It's manufacturing Apple's A16 processors.

TSMC’s Arizona plant is producing its first batch of A16 chips using the company’s 4nm process, with Apple becoming the facility’s first customer, said

Independent tech journalist Tim Culpan reports that Apple is now in early production of A16 chips at TSMC’s new Arizona plant. The A16 is manufactured on an advanced 5nm process (some call it 4nm) that TSMC calls N4P.