--- title: "Apple Inc. and OpenAI have placed orders with Taiwan Semiconductor for cutting-edge A16 chips" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/213158716.md" description: "According to Taiwan's \"Economic Daily News,\" Apple has already placed orders with Taiwan Semiconductor for the cutting-edge A16 chip, while OpenAI has also placed orders through its chip design companies Broadcom and Marvell. It is expected that Taiwan Semiconductor will begin mass production of the A16 chip in the second half of 2026" datetime: "2024-09-02T01:04:21.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/213158716.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/213158716.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/213158716.md) --- > Supported Languages: [简体中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/213158716.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/213158716.md) # Apple Inc. and OpenAI have placed orders with Taiwan Semiconductor for cutting-edge A16 chips According to Taiwan's "Economic Daily News," Apple has already reserved the cutting-edge A16 chip from Taiwan Semiconductor. OpenAI has also placed orders through its chip design companies Broadcom and Marvell. It is expected that Taiwan Semiconductor will begin mass production of the A16 chip in the second half of 2026 ### Related Stocks - [OpenAI (OpenAI.NA)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/OpenAI.NA.md) - [Direxion Daily Semicondct Bear 3X ETF (SOXS.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SOXS.US.md) - [Penghua Guozheng Semiconductor Chip ETF (159813.CN)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/159813.CN.md) - [Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSM.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSM.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [TSMC faces broad 3nm capacity shortage, fueling supply chain battle](https://longbridge.com/en/news/280962010.md) - [TSMC's unit TSMC Global acquires fixed-income securities for $19.8 mln](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281340806.md) - [ROI-Does the AI business model have a fatal flaw?: Joachim Klement](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281309369.md) - [Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM Shares Acquired by Generate Investment Management Ltd](https://longbridge.com/en/news/280870298.md) - [Oracle cutting thousands in latest layoff round as company continues to ramp AI spending](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281214186.md)