4 stories · “2nm”.
Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 on September 22, 2026: two 2nm chips that run 30B-parameter AI models on a phone.
Apple's first 2nm iPhone chip tops Geekbench 7's single-core chart and beats desktop CPUs there, but it still trails far behind them on multi-core workloads.
TSMC is raising advanced-node capacity sharply, targeting a roughly 70% increase in 3nm wafer output over 18 months as AI chip demand outstrips supply.
Fujitsu says its made-in-Japan 2nm MONAKA Arm CPU and new server go on sale in November, claiming twice the AI inference throughput of rival processors.
