Share the QR code < / P > < p > with wechat scanning code to friends and circles of friends < / P > < p > on December 4. According to industry sources, Intel executives are preparing to visit chip foundry giant TSMC in order to finalize the production plan of 3nm chips and avoid competing with apple for production capacity < p > Intel and TSMC will cooperate on one GPU and three data center CPU projects. The company hopes to use TSMC's 3nm process in future meteor Lake processors. Intel hopes to keep up with apple in chip manufacturing technology through cooperation with TSMC < p > Intel always insists on manufacturing its own CPU, but in recent years, it lags behind TSMC in this regard. Its CPU not only has high power consumption, but also has lower efficiency. This prompted apple to phase out Intel chips for Mac and plan to replace them with apple silicon < p > TSMC is Apple's largest chip supplier. It is said that the company has started trial production of 3 nm m3 chips for apple. These chips may eventually be used in MAC computers and may be available as early as 2023. At present, the chips carried in the latest iPhone, MAC and iPad are all produced based on TSMC's 5-nm process < p > the latest news echoed previous rumors that Intel was considering outsourcing production to TSMC, and said that the two sides would hold talks in the coming weeks. It is reported that "Intel executives will visit Taiwan Province in mid December and meet with TSMC representatives to discuss the 3-nm chip capacity the company hopes to obtain." < / P > < p > earlier reports said that Intel is considering outsourcing chip production business, but still hopes to improve its manufacturing capacity. It is speculated that Intel's move is to help TSMC arrange production plans in advance so that the latter will not be in a hurry to meet Intel processor orders while producing chips for the iPhone < p > TSMC's manufacturing process is often limited by factory capacity in the early stage of its life cycle, which makes it only cooperate with a few customers. Apple and TSMC have a ten-year cooperative relationship. The front desk product engineer also revealed that apple is always given priority in chip design and research < p > obviously, Intel does not want to be a "third party" in the cooperative relationship between apple and TSMC. The company hopes to ensure that its demand for 3nm capacity will not be affected by apple and try to "avoid competing with apple for capacity" < p > it is worth noting that Intel plans to launch its own 2-nm process called 20A in 2024. (small) < / P > < p >