The iPhone 16’s chip is going to have a major thing in common with the iPad Pro’s M4 chip.
After months of leaks, Apple will announce the iPhone 16 family today. A major draw of the new phones will be their AI capabilities. Since many of the features will run on-device, the phones will need to have a lot of oomph, and for that, they will require a fast chipset. We already know a fair amount about the A18 chip that will power the new phones and a report has now revealed that it will be based on Arm’s newest V9 architecture.
Arm’s chip designs specify the instructions that influence how a chip works. Apple’s fastest chip for iPhones, the A17 Pro, which powers the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, is based on the previous-gen V8 design.
