At present, various sources have pointed out that this year's iPhone 14 series will have two processors, of which 14/14 Max will continue to be equipped with full blood A15, and 14 pro/pro Max will be upgraded to a16 processor. For a16, shrimpapplepro disclosed that it was learned from reliable sources that a16 would not be upgraded to TSMC 4nm, but would still be the same n5p (5nm enhanced version) as A15.
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Although a16 will support lpddr5 memory for the first time, it has been 3 years later than Android. In other performance aspects, the CPU is still slightly improved, and the GPU will increase, but the range is unknown.
Here are two background information. The so-called full blood A15 refers to iphone The same chip of 13 pro, with the main frequency of 3.23ghz and integrated 5-core GPU; In addition, there is ipad The difference between the "youth version" on the mini 6 and the "residual blood version" on the iPhone 13 can be seen in the picture.
As for lpddr5 memory, although it was released in 2019, the current iPhone 13 series still uses lpddr4x.
Back to a16, Apple I don't know if I plan to make a big move on the A17 of the iPhone 15. It is said that the A17 processor code is "coll island", a 3nm process that can be achieved in one step.
