To maintain peak competitiveness with Apple, a rumor claims that Qualcomm will use the 2nm process for its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 3 in 2026
Apple will likely be TSMC’s first customer for the latter’s 2nm process, as it is reported to use the technology to mass produce the A20 said to be found in next year’s iPhone 18 series. With the Taiwanese semiconductor giant reportedly accepting orders for its next-generation node from April 1, we could see other companies besides Apple wanting to obtain a technological edge. According to one rumor, one of those firms will be Qualcomm, and it plans on leveraging the 2nm process for not one but two chipset releases in 2026, of which one of them will likely be the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 3.Second chipset release mass produced on TSMC’s 2nm technology could be a downgraded upgraded version of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 3
The interesting bit about the rumor from Digital Chat Station is that he does not write anywhere in his Weibo post if the 2nm node belongs to TSMC, Samsung, or both.
